Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy was executed in the electric chair at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, on January 24, 1989, at age 42. Sources describe him as having grown up in Tacoma, Washington, and having volunteered at a crisis clinic in Seattle. In his final statement he asked that his love be passed on to his family and friends, and a minister had spent the night praying with him. Witnesses described guards bringing him to the chair and one surge of electricity killing him, and the Florida Department of Corrections and State of Florida record the execution as carried out by the state.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: State of Florida; Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); witnesses including a doctor who attended; news reports.
News reports (6)
- Execution List 1976-present
- Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in the electric chair at Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989.
- Bundy execution anniversary revisits dark piece of Roaring Fork Valley history
- When Was Ted Bundy Executed? And What Was So ‘Ironic’ About How He Died?
- Ted Bundy was executed 30 years ago today. Serial killer’s fate was sealed in Orlando
- Ted Bundy: The serial killer's final years