Terror shocked the United States in the 1970s. More and more female students are suddenly disappearing. During a search for the serial killer, investigators were unable to find a link to the person who committed all these terrible acts. The similarities between the victims showed that someone intelligent was behind these events. However, when he was arrested, America learned that not all serial killers fit a certain profile. Ted Bundy, a man known to be very intelligent and interesting, spread his terror across the United States by targeting and murdering young women; using process perspective, it was determined that his confusing and horrible upbringing in his youth influenced his future behavior as a mass murderer. He became one of America's most notorious serial killers. Ted Bundy was born as Theodore Robert Cowell in Burlington, Vermont on November 24, 1946 (Wikipedia). Bundy came from a middle-class family and was a white man born to his mother, Eleanor Louise Cowell. His mother earned her living working as a department store clerk. His father was an Air Force veteran who played no role in Ted's childhood or adult life. For the majority of years, Ted and his mother lived with his mentally challenged grandfather in Philadelphia. Later, Ted started calling his grandparents his parents and his mother, he called her his older sister. This went on for so long that he began to believe it was really true. Maybe that's where it all started, he seemed confused and living in a fantasy. After moving to Philadelphia, Ted and his mother moved to Tacoma, Washington (Google article). They both lived with an uncle named Jack, who taught music classes at the College of Puget Sound. Later, Ted's mother met Joh...... middle of paper ......ted; His new stepfather didn't play much of a role in Tedd's young life. They were right there. There wasn't much interaction between them. The second most important aspect of Childs' life is socialization. Socializing a child will allow him to have more self-esteem and be less afraid of people in social situations. Tedd's parents could have saved him if they had paid more attention to the things he was missing. If they had seen the signs when he was younger, and observed his excessive shyness, they could have saved him. Since childhood, no one expected Ted Bundy to be anything other than a perfect gentleman. Being smart and intelligent, he would fit right in in a cubic white-collar office loaded with paperwork. Instead, he chose the path that ultimately led to his downfall. Ted Bundy shocked the country and changed the face of every serial killer to date.