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    Aunt Jane in a telephone call from Nairobi. His late father, Barack Obama Sr, had left him and his mother in Hawaii, when Barack was just two years old. He doesn't dwell on the tragic news, instead turning his attention to introducing his mother, Ann Dunham, his grandmother Madelyn Lee Payne, whom he calls Toot in the book, and his grandfather Stanley Armour Dunham, whom he calls Gramps. He speaks of the racism they faced as a result of Ann's relationship with Barack Sr. They had both met at Hawaii

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    “Elephant Man” Olivia Nowland Multimedia 2 Joseph Carey Merrick was born on August 5, 1862 in Leicester to Mary Jane Merrick and Joseph Merrick. His siblings were William, John, and, Marian. Joseph Carey Merrick was born with deformities on his body, head, and even his hands. His parents said that it was caused by Mary being knocked down by an elephant at the fairgrounds while she was pregnant with Merrick. That was how Joseph Carey Merrick got his name that he is well known as

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    Paul Walker was born in the town of Glendale, California on September 12, 1973. His full name is Paul William Walker IV. At a young age, he started acting and modeling on TV. The television shows, “Who’s the Boss,” “Charles in Charge,” and “Highway to Haven” were among his first television appearances. Furthermore, he made his first film debut in 1986, in the horror film “Monster in the Closet.” While at the same time, he was able to land a role in the TV show “Throb.” After he graduated high

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    Ted Bundy Research Paper

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    Ted Bundy was a notorious serial killer of the 1970’s. He killed around 30 plus victims in a 4 year span. Bundy attacked, raped, and mutilated his victims. When his victims were dead, Bundy would keep the corpses and still have sexual intercourse. Bundy was first arrested in Utah, 1975 on a sentence to 15 years in prison, to then escape only a week later and continue to attack more women and finally be caught in a stolen vehicle. Throughout the the second trial Ted Bundy claimed he was innocent.

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    Ted Bundy was an intelligent man who knew how to take advantage of his victims’ vulnerabilities, but just like an addict he became desperate. His demand to feed his psychotic break encouraged him to abduct women sporadically. He would fake an injury and convince his victims into helping him to his car. Then when they had their back towards him, he would knock them out. He would restrain them and sexually assault them. After putting them through misery, he would then strangle his victims to death

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    Ted Bundy Research Paper

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    Ted Bundy You see him in the distance. Handsome and carrying a stack of books, he’s headed straight for you. Distracted by his smile, only the sound of those same books tumbling beside your feet unlock you from the trance. He seems too good to be true, and he is. The man is Ted Bundy, a notorious serial killer. The 28 murders he confesses to may only be the tip of the iceberg. Clearly, Ted Bundy was a threat who harmed many lives. Ted Bundy was born at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers

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    Ted Bundy was born in 1946 in Burlington Vermont and his mother was Eleanor Louise Cowell who was not married. Bundy’s father is a war veteran named Jack Worthington. As a child Bundy grew up thinking that his mother was his older sister. While Bundy was a child they lived in Pennsylvania and in 1950 him and his mother moved to washington to live with relatives. A year later Bundy’s mother met Johnny Bundy who she got married to in May and Johnny changed Ted’s last name to bundy. Bundy’s stepfather

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    Ted Bundy Research Paper

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    Ted Bundy was described as charming, handsome, charismatic, articulate, and intelligent. He was also known as one of the most horrific murders in the 20th century. Police suspect that he murdered over one - hundred women; all with the common theme of having a small waist and brunette hair. Starting at an early childhood his mother did not find any signs the Ted was anything close to the monster people thirty years later would find him to be. Ted was born Theodore Robert Cowell, born at the Elizabeth

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    Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile follows the notorious Ted Bundy through the eyes of his long-time girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer. Bundy was a serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and burglar throughout the 70s. Following his confession to thirty homicides in seven different states in between 1974 and 1989, he was executed by the electric chair in the Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989. His true victim count, however, remains unknown. The all-star cast, including Zac Efron, from High

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    A wooded area, a small town just north of Sacramento. Two preteen girls. Two bodies. Two close range bullet holes in their heads. On November 12, 1973, the bodies of two missing girls were found in Yuba County, CA. Over 60 people were actively investigated for the murder-rape until 1976. Then it went cold. Forty-one years later, investigators had two suspects (Thompson). After so many years, the key to finally deducing the crime lay in what the two men left behind, DNA. In a world of flawed justice

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