1. Early years

2. Murders

3. Discovery

4. Death

5. References

6. External links

Early years

Thomas Bunday was born on September 28, 1948 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the younger of two children in the family, his elder brother Ralph being 15 years older than him. Bunday spent his childhood and youth in a socially unfavorable situation: his father, a WWII veteran, suffered from mental disorders and was aggressive towards his wife and younger son. After his father died in 1963,^[2] Thomas refused to attend his funeral and ran away from home for several days. Bunday was an unpopular but good student at school, a sociable child who had many friends and acquaintances, and led a positive lifestyle. After graduating from school in 1966, he married his highschool sweetheart and in 1967 he was recruited for the United States Air Force. However, his family life was not set. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Bunday was serving in Southeast Asia. During this period, his wife gave birth to a son from another man. Despite this, he continued to live with her in marriage and she later gave birth to a daughter, but with an extramarital child, Thomas had an emotionally cold relationship. In the mid-1970s, Bunday was sent to further service at Eielson Base, Alaska. During this period, he began to shown signs of emotional burnout and began visiting a psychotherapist.^[3]

Murders

The murder series began on August 29, 1979, when Fairbanks resident Glinda Sodemann, 19, went missing. Her decomposed body was found two months later in a gravel pit near the highway, 23 miles south of Fairbanks. On June 13, 1980, 11-year-old Doris Oehring went missing. The brother of the deceased told police that a few days before his sister disappeared, he saw her talking to a stranger sitting in a blue car and wearing an Air Force uniform.^[4] The brother then helped the investigator make a complete identikit of the criminal.^[5] On January 31, 1981, the 20-year-old Marlene Peters went missing, who on the day of her disappearance gathered to hitchhike from Fairbanks to Anchorage.^[6] Five weeks later, Wendy Wilson, 16, disappeared. On May 16, 1981, 18-year-old Lori King disappeared, and shortly before her disappearance, Marlene Peters' partially decomposed body was found. In October 1981,^[7] not far from Wilson's body, the decomposed body of King was found near the Eielson Air Base. During the investigation, the police for the first time suggested that a serial killer from among the military personnel was operating in the territory.^[4]

Discovery

During the investigation, the police inspected all personnel of the Eielson Air Base, including the employees employed as civilian specialists. By February 3, 1982, only 3 people were included in the suspect list, who at various times were distinguished by their destructive behavior towards women, one of them being Bunday. By that time, he had been transferred to Wichita Falls, Texas, where he had served since September 1981.^[4] Thomas Bunday was arrested on March 7, 1983, and was taken to the police station to be interrogated. In addition to an interrogation, a search was conducted in his house and in the trunk of his car. During the search, evidence was found linking Bunday with the murders in Fairbanks. Upon learning of this, Thomas on the same day sincerely admitted to killing 5 women and girls and described in detail the murders and the circumstances in which they occurred. He was also questioned about the murder of Cassandra Goodwin on the 22nd, but vehemently refused to plead guilty to her murder.^[8] Bunday indicated psychological problems and sexual complexes as a motive for committing the murders.^[3] Despite his confession, he was not arrested and had to be released because there was no warrant for his arrest.^[8]

Death

The arrest warrant for Thomas Bunday was issued on March 15, 1983, but he did not appear in service that day. He had gotten on a motorcycle and gone on a trip. Around 40 miles from the city of Wichita Falls, Bunday drove into the oncoming lane of the highway, colliding into a truck. During the accident, he was fatally injured and died almost instantly.^[9][10] The incident was subsequently recognized as a suicide.

References

External links

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