Jack Bowman Letters, 1979
Added 2023-05-30 00:59:55 +0000 UTC"...I believe it has become necessary to express our feelings to you directly on a certain event regarding the trial of Theodore Bundy.
We strongly object to the press conference which Bundy was allowed to casually conduct in the courtroom last week. The man is a proven dangerous criminal and should be treated as such. A courtroom situation allowing this man the freedom to banter with members of the press is totally inappropriate...
My family believes that execution is the only just punishment. My mother suffered a stroke-- attributable in a large measure to Margaret's death. You might say that in addition to the murder of my daughter, my mother is being killed also.
I have given long and serious thought to my feelings on the death penalty in the past week. I can find very little if anything which deals with the compassion (rather, lack of it) shown by the murderer to the victim-- nor does the media reflect the feelings of the victims's family. I find that I have no problem at all with the death penalty in this instance. The murderer is a mad dog, a sub-human who is not fit to pollute our world..."
June and July 1979 letters from the father of victim Margaret Bowman to Judge Cowart and the State Attorney's office.
Watch the Bundy "press conference" on my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5GY-sJe91c
Comments
Her father mentions he was in Virginia with their son in the letters
Beth
2023-10-19 19:08:49 +0000 UTCTiffany, thank you for finding these. I don’t recall hearing much from the Bowmans-seem to remember she was an only child?
Joe Ulam
2023-05-30 12:16:25 +0000 UTCTwo letters to the same person written on the same day? Seems to me that could've been combined into one letter. Cool, unique find!
Nunya consoin
2023-05-30 11:52:00 +0000 UTC
