Sheriff Ken Katsaris on Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy: Ken Katsaris’ Perspective Between 1974 and 1978, serial killer Ted Bundy murdered at least 30 young women. He escaped captivity twice, then was finally captured a final time in 1978. Sheriff Ken Katsaris worked in Florida on the Ted Bundy case when Bundy committed murders there. One such case was at the Florida State University Chi Omega sorority house, where Bundy went into the house, murdered two women, and attacked several others. He oversaw Bundy’s capture, imprisonment, trial, and execution for the murders in Florida. How did you get into law enforcement? I was five years old when I had my first informant work. My father owned a restaurant around the corner from the police station. He always invited the police officers for leftover pie, donuts and coffee at the end of the day. They didn’t know, but he always made extra so that he’d have leftovers. I remember one detective said they were working a special case. The man, who was drunk, was half a block...