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Ted Bundy's family reveal his chilling five-word statement in death row letter
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Published 20:31 26 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Ted Bundy's family reveal his chilling five-word statement in death row letter

Ted Bundy's cousin has shared the letters they exchanged before his death

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

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After five decades of silence, Ted Bundy’s family are speaking out.

Depicted in Netflix shows and a whole list of documentaries, the serial killer confessed to killing as many as 30 victims over four years in the 70s - although, it’s widely believed his kill count was much higher.

Bundy was eventually given the death sentence for his horrific crimes and faced execution by electric chair in 1989.

And before he died, he wrote letters to his family from death row, which have now been revealed.

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His cousin Enda Cowell Martin, is releasing the book, Dark Tide: Growing up with Ted Bundy, in which she shares letters she'd exchanged with him while he awaited execution.

Martin described the prolific serial killer as more of a ‘brother’ as he urged his family to ignore the evidence against him.

In one of his letters to his cousin, Bundy wrote: “I will tell you this much, I have not killed anyone.

Ted Bundy was executed via electric chair in 1989 (Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)
Ted Bundy was executed via electric chair in 1989 (Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

“I have no guilt, remorse or regret over anything I’ve done.”

And this was then followed by the chilling five-word statement: “What is done is done.”

Martin spoke to The Daily Mail ahead of the book’s release, sharing how they had grown up together and how she'd urged him to tell the truth in her letters.

One of his responses to this plea from his family included: “Let the dead bury the dead (Luke 9:60) for he is not a God of the dead but of the living: for all live unto him (Luke 20:38).”

After recalling their happy, ‘normal’ childhoods together, she said: “Realising he had done it was awful, it was sickening.

“It was not the Ted that I knew and loved, I felt betrayed and manipulated by him.”

Bundy's letters have now been shared by his cousin (Bettmann / Contributor/Getty)
Bundy's letters have now been shared by his cousin (Bettmann / Contributor/Getty)

Despite Martin saying he was like a 'brother', Bundy went on to say that she never truly knew him in his letters.

“What you seem to be basing what you said in your letter on is an assortment of random recollections and a multitude of impressions which have been drawn from years of being exposed to the sensational publicity, the rumours, the gossip about some character named Ted Bundy,” he wrote.

And yet after claiming they didn’t really know him, his final words were in tribute to his family.

Bundy said to his attorney Jim Coleman and Methodist minister Fred Lawrence: "Jim and Fred, I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends."

Featured Image Credit: Getty/WHMB-TV

Topics: Ted Bundy, True Crime

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. With a specialism in entertainment, she's covered the updates live at major events from The Brits in London to Disney's D23 in California. Jess covers the latest breaking news stories across the UK and the globe as well as interviewing your favourite faces including the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Graham, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Hemsworth. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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