The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History by Kevin M. Sullivan Page A
Authors: Kevin M. Sullivan
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of himself behind. In the days and weeks to come, the only thing that was a certainty in this case was that Roberta Kathleen Parks had suddenly vanished.
And she would not be the last.
Brenda Carol Ball had given college a try but decided it wasn't for her. At twenty-two, her life was just beginning, and she believed she had plenty of time to decide what to do with the years stretching endlessly before her. Her photograph shows a sweetness in her smile, and she appears generally happy. A pretty girl, she had long, dark hair, parted in the middle.
Like Donna Manson, she would be considered a high risk individual due to the manner in which she lived, and the areas and mode by which she traveled. She had spent the evening of May 31 at the Flame Tavern in Burien, located south of Seattle near the airport. The Flame has been described as being a tough place, where disputes often ended in fistfights among the inebriated patrons, and sometimes worse. Even so, there certainly were worse places a young woman could hang out; at least Brenda could claim a number of regulars as friends. So it wasn't unusual for her to stay late into the night if she was having a good time. And on this, her final evening at the Flame, she would not leave the tavern until closing time, at 2:00 A.M. Although certain things have been confirmed by those who were present that night, there are differing reports as to how she left that early morning of June 1, 1974. It has been firmly established she asked a friend that night for a ride, but was turned down. He was not going her direction, he told her. One report had her leaving with an individual, presumably having secured a ride, with little attention paid to the man accompanying her. Another report has her leaving the tavern alone, and immediately hitchhiking. This would not have been out of the question for Brenda, even at that early hour. Fear, apparently, was not one of her problems.
Brenda Carol Ball, whose life came to an abrupt end in the early morning hours of June 1, 1974, after leaving the Flame Tavern south of Seattle (courtesy King County Archives).
Yet it is safe to assume that whatever happened to Brenda Ball happened very quickly. It is likely, based on evidence obtained later from her killer, that she was picked up while hitchhiking by someone who appeared non-threatening to her; that she agreed to go with him to a location under some ruse, where, at some point later that evening, and after a little more drinking, he would strangle her. But beyond her vanishing without a trace, little else is known about the abduction and murder of Brenda Ball. Her lifestyle being what it was, she would not be reported missing until June 17.
On the night Brenda Ball disappeared, Bundy had spent the early portion of the evening with Liz Kendall, Tina, and her parents who were in town visiting. They had gone out for pizza that evening and returned to her place around 10 P.M. It was at this time, Liz said, that he seemed "anxious to leave,"27 and he missed Tina's baptism the following morning; an odd occurrence in itself, but especially so, as Liz's father was doing the baptizing. Years later, during a telephone conversation with Kendall after his arrest in Florida, Ted confessed to her his involvement in Ball's disappearance as well as the Lake Sammamish murders. In regards to Ball he mumbled something she didn't understand, and when Liz asked him to repeat it, Bundy responded, "It's pretty scary, isn't it?"28
Georgann Hawkins was pretty, popular, and had long, dark hair parted in the middle. Originally from Lakewood, Washington, near Tacoma, the eighteen-year-old coed was practically on home territory as a first-year student at the University of Washington. A well-liked Daffodil Princess in high school, she would continue this tradition of making friends at college as a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. The sorority, located at 4521 17th Avenue N.E., was one of six homes (three fraternity, and
And she would not be the last.
Brenda Carol Ball had given college a try but decided it wasn't for her. At twenty-two, her life was just beginning, and she believed she had plenty of time to decide what to do with the years stretching endlessly before her. Her photograph shows a sweetness in her smile, and she appears generally happy. A pretty girl, she had long, dark hair, parted in the middle.
Like Donna Manson, she would be considered a high risk individual due to the manner in which she lived, and the areas and mode by which she traveled. She had spent the evening of May 31 at the Flame Tavern in Burien, located south of Seattle near the airport. The Flame has been described as being a tough place, where disputes often ended in fistfights among the inebriated patrons, and sometimes worse. Even so, there certainly were worse places a young woman could hang out; at least Brenda could claim a number of regulars as friends. So it wasn't unusual for her to stay late into the night if she was having a good time. And on this, her final evening at the Flame, she would not leave the tavern until closing time, at 2:00 A.M. Although certain things have been confirmed by those who were present that night, there are differing reports as to how she left that early morning of June 1, 1974. It has been firmly established she asked a friend that night for a ride, but was turned down. He was not going her direction, he told her. One report had her leaving with an individual, presumably having secured a ride, with little attention paid to the man accompanying her. Another report has her leaving the tavern alone, and immediately hitchhiking. This would not have been out of the question for Brenda, even at that early hour. Fear, apparently, was not one of her problems.
Brenda Carol Ball, whose life came to an abrupt end in the early morning hours of June 1, 1974, after leaving the Flame Tavern south of Seattle (courtesy King County Archives).
Yet it is safe to assume that whatever happened to Brenda Ball happened very quickly. It is likely, based on evidence obtained later from her killer, that she was picked up while hitchhiking by someone who appeared non-threatening to her; that she agreed to go with him to a location under some ruse, where, at some point later that evening, and after a little more drinking, he would strangle her. But beyond her vanishing without a trace, little else is known about the abduction and murder of Brenda Ball. Her lifestyle being what it was, she would not be reported missing until June 17.
On the night Brenda Ball disappeared, Bundy had spent the early portion of the evening with Liz Kendall, Tina, and her parents who were in town visiting. They had gone out for pizza that evening and returned to her place around 10 P.M. It was at this time, Liz said, that he seemed "anxious to leave,"27 and he missed Tina's baptism the following morning; an odd occurrence in itself, but especially so, as Liz's father was doing the baptizing. Years later, during a telephone conversation with Kendall after his arrest in Florida, Ted confessed to her his involvement in Ball's disappearance as well as the Lake Sammamish murders. In regards to Ball he mumbled something she didn't understand, and when Liz asked him to repeat it, Bundy responded, "It's pretty scary, isn't it?"28
Georgann Hawkins was pretty, popular, and had long, dark hair parted in the middle. Originally from Lakewood, Washington, near Tacoma, the eighteen-year-old coed was practically on home territory as a first-year student at the University of Washington. A well-liked Daffodil Princess in high school, she would continue this tradition of making friends at college as a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. The sorority, located at 4521 17th Avenue N.E., was one of six homes (three fraternity, and
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