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Bundy Conviction Well ReceivedFSU Campus RejoicingTALLAHASSEE, Fla (API One Florida State University student said Wednesday she hasn't seen so much rejoicing around campus since the Seminoles whipped the Univerity ofFlorida during football seasonThe reason for all the mid summer cheer9 A Miami jury has convicted Theodore R Bundy of the January 1978 slayings of two coeds as they slept in their Chi Omega sorority house bedrooms Three other young women, one of them in a nearby apartment, were savagelybeatenI'm glad it s all over, but I’m glad he's guilty,” said one Chi Omega member who refused to be identified She added, *Tm afraid he s going to try to go for appeals and then he might get off ”The Chi Omega house, which is located along the fraternity sorority row that forms the southern boundary of the FSU campus, is shut tight for the summer But another sorority member in town for summer classes was walking by the house Wednesday“I guess I can say we re pleased, said the young woman, who also refused to be identified “I could say a lot of things but they asked us notto talk about it.”Others had plenty to say about the man who was convicted of the bludgeoning deaths of Lisa Levy. 2ft, and Margaret Bowman. 21. both of St PetersburgBundy also was convicted late Tuesday of burglary and of brutal attacks on Kathy Kleiner DeShields. 2ft. of Boca Raton. Karen Chandler, 21, of Marietta, (ia , and Cheryl Thomas, 22.from Richmond. VaThe victims families seemed relieved“At times it just didn't seem like the state had that much evidence it could use, said Ann Chandler, mother of Karen Chandler“Karen was just saying recently that she can tbelieve it’s all over It took so long for the trial to begin, but once it did, it didn't take very long to be over ”In Richmond. Va., Anne Thomas the mother of Cheryl Thomas said cheerfully that she needed time to talk to her family and compose herself before making a public statementShe did take time, however, to call the Ieon County sheriff’s department with a few kind words for Sheriff Ken Katsaris“Tell him that throughout all the legal happenings and the investigation, his department never lost the human touch, and that we will be indebted to him for the rest of our lives, and that we love him. she told sheriff's spokesman Dick SimpsonThe families of Kathy Kleiner. Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman could not be reached for commentStudents around campus generally seemed pleased with the conviction, although most said Circuit Judge Edward Cowart should sentence Bundy to life in prison instead of the electric chair for his crimes“I still think even though the evidence was sketchy. I know Bundy was a criminal and an unstable person,' said John Vincent. 2ft. an FSU music major “If he is found to be psychologically disturbed he should be treated.”Said Mary Meyerhoven. a 22-year old graduate business student: They had just about all the evidence I think the teeth marks were the evidence that got him” She referred to expert testimony that Bundy's teeth caused bite marks on the buttocks of Miss levySeveral people, however said they still had doubts that Bundy was the intruder who crept into the Chi Omega house and committed the murdersFOUND GUILTYTheodore R Bundy sat impassive as the verdict in his double murder trial was read by a court reporter late Tuesday night in Miami Fla Bundy was found guilty on all seven counts, including two counts of 1st degree murder which in Florida could costBundy his life in the electric chair.
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Fort Walton Beach Playground Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Thu, Jul 26, 1979
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