Ted Bundy: A Killer in the Archives

Dawn Kraut, 1975

Added 2021-07-18 08:59:35 +0000 UTC

Near the end of 1975, the Bundys had bailed Ted out of the Salt Lake County Jail and back to Washington. By then Bundy was a hot topic of local conversation, after the shocking news of his Utah arrest for the Carol DaRonch kidnapping hit the papers in early October. While in Seattle, Ted spent most of his time socializing and at least intimated that he was preparing for trial by studying at the University of Washington. King County Police now considered him their lead suspect, and were watching him closely. Detective Kathy McChesney was particularly interested when a UW senior named Dawn Kraut approached her to report an encounter with Ted on campus...