Florida State University Chi Omega murders
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- Double murder
- Attempted mass murder
- Sexual assault
- Burglary
| Florida State University Chi Omega murders | |
|---|---|
 Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, the two victims murdered in the attack | |
| Location | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Date | January 15, 1978; 48 years ago |
| Target | Women at the Florida State University Chi Omega sorority house |
Attack type |
|
| Weapons | Wooden log |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrators | Ted Bundy |
In the early hours of January 15, 1978, serial killer Ted Bundy assaulted four women at the Florida State University Chi Omega sorority house using a wooden log; killing 21-year old Margaret Bowman and 20-year old Lisa Levy, and injuring 21-year-old Kathy Kleiner and 21-year-old Karen Chandler.[1] Bundy then broke into a home on Dunwoody Street and attacked FSU dance major Cheryl Thomas eight blocks away from the Chi Omega house, who survived.[2]
Bundy had escaped from jail in Colorado on December 30, 1977, two weeks prior. The FSU murders would be, along with the murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, the only murders Bundy was convicted of, although he later confessed to murdering at least 30 women and girls.[3] Bundy was sentenced to death for the FSU murders in July 1979.[4]
