Warren Leslie Forrest Psych Reports

As some of you may have gathered, I've also been researching the Forrest serial killer case, which in many ways mirrors Bundy's. Some of his murders were wrongly attributed to Bundy, and he was killing in approximately the same area at approximately the same time. He was wise enough to stay in Washington, and therefore has never been put to death, but instead spent a lot of time in a psychiatric hospital.

Like Bundy, Forrest described his childhood as being normal and happy. He graduated high school with honors and lettered in cross country and track, joined the Army, married, had two daughters, and held a steady job before his capture.

I recently got hold of his psych reports from 2013, which I found interesting as a window into a deviant mind. The questions at the beginning of the document are from Norma Countryman's daughter. Forrest kidnapped 15-year-old Countryman on July 17, 1974 with intent to kill, but she managed to escape by chewing through her bindings, and was instrumental in his identification. 

Forrest was convicted of her rape, and later one murder (Krista Blake, July 11, 1974), and is currently on trial for another (Martha Morrison, Sept. 1974). He is also strongly suspected in the murders of Carol Valenzuela (which many falsely attributed to Bundy), Barbara Ann Derry, Jamie Grissim, Gloria Knutson, Diane Gilchrist, and Deborah Tomlinson. Rita Jolly and Suzanne Justis could also be his potential victims (or Bundy's, or even William Cosden's). 

Detectives believe he began actively killing by at least age 22 in 1971, until he was apprehended in October 1974. According to his psych reports, Forrest insinuated that he was responsible for at least 13 victims, but he refuses to give any further details. Interestingly, he mentions that he began fantasizing about rape and murder around the age of 14/15-- which is analogous to the age Bundy was when Ann Marie Burr disappeared.