Ted Bundy: Original Evidence List From Taylor Mountain March of 1975 – 158 pieces of critical evidence denied for decades

Document #1:  ESAR finds Taylor Mountain– March of 1975 =  [158 finds]  these are copied here directly from the Original documents in the Search and Rescue files and reports of that day in 1975

bone fragments
little piece white moldy stuff
plant mold
hair [found at 55’ in 1000/1000]
blond hair [found at 60’ in 1000/1000]
piece of bone
piece of bone
bones
nylon cord [found 56’ 1000/1000]
clothing [find is not noted as to type or location]
bone (animal)
animal dung
clothing [find is not noted as to type or location]
some large bones [find is not noted as to type or location]
ladies blouse, bright yellow print [find is not noted as to location]
flesh [find is not noted as to type or location]
bone [1’ long] [find is not noted as to location]
bone
hair (black) animal
jawbone (animal)
bone
skull [found at 13’ A]
bones and animal remains
part of yellow coat, white sweater [find is not noted as to location]
chemical bottles [find is not noted as to location]
bones
thermos bottle [find is not noted as to location]
bones, arm rib [find is not noted as to location]
T-shirt/blue cloth, blue sock [find is not noted as to location]
blue jean material [find not noted  location on list but on map near #55]
bone
bone [found at 130’ in 1000/1000]
bone [found at 130’ in 1000/1000]
part of skull [found 6’ from #22]
10-12” bone [found 31’ D]
bone fragments [location not noted but found by CAP – Civil Air Patrol]
jawbone [found 36’D] by CAP (Civil Air Patrol)
bone fragment
scapula [found 46’ D] by CAP (Civil Air Patrol)
bone 1” long/1”wide
fragment bone – fresh?
bone fragment 4” long [found 145’ D]
jacket (purple) Keppel find [found 30’ from base truck on list – on map near creek and #57]
hair short blond
 clothing
bone 4.5” long [found 71’ line 50 – No to A]
clothing [location not noted/CAP]
rodent hair in dung
bone animal? [found 75’ D – CAP] CAP = Civil Air Patrol
blue scarf/red oilcloth [location not noted]
chewed bone 10” [found 75’ line 50]
bone animal? CAP
flesh decayed area [location not noted]
shoulder blade CAP
tennis shoe, black or dark blue [location not noted]
2 vertebrae [location not noted]
clothing [location and type not noted]
green coat [location not noted in list but on map near creek and find #43, #57]
wedding invite
leaf mold area
red cloth [location not noted]
receipt shell casing 30/30 [location not noted]
jawbone [CAP – found at 33’ E]
jawbone [CAP found 2’ from find #63 in E]
hair 2 clumps [CAP – found 3’ from find #63 in E]
skull fragment [found 38’in E]
tooth [found 15’ in E]
lean-to shelter, plastic line tarp, soup can [found together in 136’ F]
animal vertebra [found 199’ in F]
animal jawbone [found 60’ fence in F]
animal vertebrae [2] [found 70’ fence in F]
light brown hair                 [found 21’ in E]
light brown hair [found 19’ in E]
light brown hair [found 23’ in E]
hair divided in 2 segments [found 28’ in E]
hair light brown [found 26’ in E]
rubber fragments – orn – balloon? [found 88’ in E]
silver jewelry clasp [found 52’ in E]
shotgun shell [found 195’ in G]
bone (leg? 10”) [found CAP 126’ in E]
bones and hair (dung) [found 48’ in G]
hair (dark brown 3” x 8”) [found 57’ in G]
human hair [found by CAP at 76’ in G]
4.5 x 0.5” bone                                 [found by CAP at 76’ in G]
shotgun shell [found at 143’ in H]
hair light color [found by CAP at 60’ in G]
bone fragment [found at 55’ in J]
bullet, 22, slug only [found at 88’ in G]
bone small [found at 62’ in H]
shotgun shell [found at 51’ in J
many bone fragments [found by CAP at 74’ in G]
bones (animal?)
bone fragment [found at 65’ in J]
hair in dung [found by search dogs no location noted]
bone fragment [found at 12’ in H]
bone 8” x 1” [found by CAP at 74’ in G]
blond hair [found by CAP at 72’ in G]
black pen [found at 145’ in H]
bone fragment [location not noted]
hair blond                                 [found by CAP at 74’ in G]
bone fragments [found at 142’ in I]
bullet slug [found at 157’ in I]
bolt, nut and washer [found at 275’ in F]
jaw fragment [found at 36’ in J]
22 slug [no location noted]
cork, shoe material [found at 165’ in J]
hair blond [found by CAP at 74’ in G]
bone fragment [found at 212’ in F]
hair in dung [found by search dogs, location not noted]
bone, small [found at 111’ in H]
skull [found at 48’ in 1000/1000]
jawbone with teeth [found at 88’ in 1000/1000]
jawbone [found at 70’ in 1000/1000]
skull [found at 114’ in 1000/1000]
brown hair [found at 114’ in 1000/1000]
blond hair [found by CAP at 146’ in G]
not identified [found by search dogs – no location given]
bone fragment [found at 56’ in I]
38 and 22 hollow bullets [found at 124’ in I]
22 bullet [found at 115’ in I]
jar
bone [found at 57’ in H]
(2) 38 cal casings sp. [found at 57’ in H]
woman’s underwear [found by dogs at 156’ from Int. of A and B]
empty potato chip box [not noted as to location]
plastic baggie [not noted as to location]
bone fragment in dung [found by dogs not noted as to location]
possible grave [found at 56’ in F]
rubberlike material [no location given]
plastic snug tie Keppel [found 16’ from find #124  Int. of A and B]
22 slug [found at 79’ in I]
22 slug [found at 57’ in H]
3 slugs 22 caliber [found at 146’ in I]
small bone [found at 173’ in J]
shotgun shell [found at 108’ in I]
4 beer caps, sandwich wrapper [no location noted]
fur, skin
bone fragment [found at 123’ in H]
screwdriver Keppel [found 177’ inter. A & B]
bone and fragment [location not noted]
bones, rib, teeth [location not noted]
explosive device [location not noted]
bone in animal dung [found at 53’ in K]
bone 10” long [found by search dogs]
bones [found by search dogs]
blue suitcase [no location noted]
sweater [location not noted]
no item listed [find noted at 78’ in K]
bone 0.5 x 6” [found by CAP at 104’ L]
bones [found by search dogs, no location given]
bone [found 54’ in M]
small bones in dung [found by CAP at 9’ in L]
4 small bones [found 170’ inter. A & B]
part of a tooth [found 155’ in M]
bone chips [location not given]
toenail in dung? [found by CAP at 66’ in L]
bones [no location given]
 small bones [found by a detective on scene, location not noted]

In addition to these finds, a group of detectives went out to the crime scene one month approximately after the initial search and rescue teams were out there.  One detective returned with a human skeletal remain and logged it in with his identification number and it too was sent to Superior Court as evidence.  This was in 1975 before Bundy was picked up in Utah.  That bone, skeletal, was later in 2005 [per its evidence number] matched to one of the girls found on site per their jaw or skull fragments.  This contradicts again the public narrative that nothing was found there but skulls and also begs the question as to why these detectives were out there again and why they too have remained silent and empowered and allowed the false narrative to be put forward as fact to the public.  At the same time, another detective was taking in an axe handle, and a leather beaded corded necklace that was Bundy’s in WA.  This has been a concerted widespread effort to with hold the truth from the public.

Note:  On the maps of the search area of Taylor Mountain, across the stream from where find #30 [blue jean material], #55 [tennis shoe], #80 [bone], #57 [clothing] and #58 [green coat] is marked with an “x” simply “clothing pile”.  This is not noted on the finds list. Is this something they found as a “pile” and did not note it as deemed it insignificant or is this where they tossed any clothing items [in a general pile]?Note:  Chemical bottles [find #25] were found within the crime scene at Taylor Mountain.  Bundy told Liz in Utah that he had date rape drugs.  It is noted in her book.  He worked with a medical supply company and would have had access to these drugs.  He also talked of the use of drugs and alcohol to ply victims while they were held captive.  Laura Aime’s blood tests showed alcohol poisoning in her autopsy report. I also complained of feeling drugged and could not remember most of the rapes and what happened while I was held in captivity and this is documented in emails going back to 2001 as well the memory lapses in my recollections which remain even now.  These chemical bottles were important to the crime scene.  Bottles were also found at Issaquah but were not noted as to type.  Both Taylor Mountain and Issaquah crime sites were near to abandoned homes as well as these are noted in the police records.

Doc #2:  Location of Evidence: Grouped Taylor Mountain – Maps of Search Area as analyzed by Sara as no such analysis was present in the records. 

This analysis was sent to KCSO and to Seattle Police and to the AG Office in WA as well as to the FBI.  They never responded.  Never questioned at all the public scenario being set forth – The search areas were defined by quadrants by ESAR on original maps and the findings within those quadrants are shown below.  The analysis of findings per quadrant was done by Sara working from original maps and lists.  Given the multiple references to the FBI in conjunction to working with Ted Bundy as far back as 1973, how much did they know about Taylor Mountain crime scene being “sterilized” for the public – i.e. denied its existence?  The FBI was in Utah also behind the scenes when Bundy was being held there and appears to be working closely with Keppel per the records.  Yet publicly the FBI states they only got involved in 1977 when Bundy escaped Colorado  – that simply is not true.

1]  Found within Station A quadrant:  Skull [original find; not marked on ESAR map except noted in reports]

2]   Found within Station B quadrant: [coordinates of B shown on map doesn’t match station ID   [#6] piece of bone [only stated location on map; list does not give it]

3]   Found within Station C quadrant [locations on map not given but finds are marked in an area]

Skull [#22]; thermos bottle [#27]  Note: find #22 is recorded as “A” but not in “A” grid on map

4]  Found within 1000/1000 quadrant:    Hair [#4]; blond hair [#5];  nylon cord [#9];  bone [#32]; bone [#33]; skull [#111]; jawbone with   teeth [#112]; jawbone [#113] skull [#114]; brown hair [#115]

Note:  The trail appears to end per drawing of area at point 1000/1000.  The skull find #111 was actually found below search line 50 at 40’ from that point. Skull find #114 was found above where search line 50 is indicated on the map 114’ from that point 1000/1000. So, the location of the skulls is actually closer to 200’ apart from each other – the notations on the ESAR list are misleading when compared to the maps of the area drawn by ESAR.

5]            Found within quadrant D        10-12” bone [#35]; jawbone [#37];  scapula [#39]; bone fragment 4” [#42]; bone animal? [#49]

6]            Found within quadrant E/Base Truck area [near the stream and powerline road gate into area] Purple jacket [#43]; clothing [#57];  green coat [#58]; bone [#80]; #55 [tennis shoe]

Found within quadrant E further from base camp and off the trail that dissects quadrant E         Jawbone [#63]; jawbone [#64]; hair 2 clumps [#65]; skull fragment? [#66] tooth [#67]; hair light brown [#72] hair light brown [#73]; hair light brown [#74/75]; hair divided into 2 segments     [#75]; hair light brown [76]; rubber fragments balloon? [#77];  jewelry clasp silver [#78]; shotgun shell [#79]; bone 10” leg? [#80]

 

Note:  In the original records, multiple hair samples were sent to the FBI – what happened to those and why hasn’t the FBI publicly refuted the narrative that nothing was found on Taylor Mountain?

7]   Found within quadrant F

Lean-to shelter, plastic line tarp, soup can [#68]; animal vertebra [#69]; animal jawbone by fence [#70]; vertebrae [2 animal] by fence [#71];  bolt, nut, washer [#103]; bone fragment [#108];    possible grave [#128]

8]            Found within quadrant G:

Shotgun shell [#79]; bones and hair dung [#81]; dark brown hair [#82]; human hair [#83]; 4.5 x   0.5 bone [#84]; hair light color [#86]; bullet 22 slug only [#88]; many bone fragments [#91];                  bone 8” x 1” [#96]; blond hair [#97]; blond hair [#100]; blond hair [#107]; blond hair [#116]

9]   Found within quadrant H:      Shotgun shell [#85]; small bone [#89]; bone fragment [#95]; black pen [#98]; small bone [#110]; bone [#122]; 22 slug [#132]; bone fragment [#138]

10]          Found within quadrant I: Bone fragments [#101]; bullet slug [#102]; bone fragment [#118]; 38 & 22 hollow bullets[ #119]; 22 bullet [#120]; 2 .38 cal casings sp [#123]; 22 slug [#131]; 3 slugs (22 cal.) [#133]; shotgun shell [#135]

 

11]          Found within quadrant J  Bone fragment [#87];  shotgun shell [#90];  bone fragment [#93]; jaw fragment [#104]; cork shoe material [#106]; small bone [#134]

12]          Found within quadrant K:   Bone in animal dung [#143]; unlabeled find [#148] given as location 78’ in quadrant K

13]          Found in quadrant L  Bone 0.5 x 6” [#146]; Small bones in dung [#152]; toenail in dung? [#156]

14]          Found in quadrant M: Bone [#151] ; part of a tooth [#154]

15]          Found at the intersection of quadrant A and B     Women’s underwear [#124] identified in another document as 3 bras; screwdriver [#139]; 4 small bones [#153]

Location of Reference Stations on Taylor Mountain from KCSO ESAR files, stamped “Original”

Station A:            From 1000/1000 72° – 337’

Station B:             On 4 x 4” concrete post 10’W of 1700’ mark on SL 51

Station C:             Coordinates are not given

Station D:            From 1000/1000  360°- 142, then 335° – 53’

Station E:             From 1000/1000 265° – 325’

Station F:             On large Douglas Fir tree at sharp end of road B [about 250’ from intersection]

Station G:            From Station E  343° – 128’

Station H:            From Station G  216° – 228’

Station I:              28’ due W of Bench Mark [south of section marker beside powerline road]

Station J:              From Station H  350° – 218’

Station L               From Section Marker near Powerline Road 124° – 234’

1000/1000           At intersection of SL 50 and SL 51 [large alder with blazes on it]

 

Note:  the following search finds [identified by their numbers on the search list for Taylor Mountain were examined by Sweeney and determined to be not human: #7,  #8, #11, #26, #39, , #49, #54, #69, #84, #104,  #141; #145; #151.  Many of the finds were not marked as to location found.  Further, the relationship between finds is not recognized simply by the way the grids were created.  For example, a find may appear in a grid but actually be close to a find in another grid.  Or, finds within a grid may be further apart from each other than some finds in a neighboring grid. This is not easily analyzed from the way the data at the scene was collected and no document that I could find cross referenced the finds in this manner. Also, if distance notations of a find were included, how many feet in a certain direction that the find was located, relative to other finds in the area per the layout of the reference stations and grid lines, is also important.  There has never been a public discussion of the Taylor Mountain site relative to its importance in the development of a serial killer.  Because the public has believed Keppel’s version that it “paled in significance” to Issaquah and that Bundy just used it as a dumping ground, it has not been studied to the extent it should have been.  Bones found on site and listed by evidence numbers in fact proved to be human remains – the human remains of at least 5 young women, four of whom were known to have been killed there.

Further Analysis Examples of Taylor Mountain (using the maps to cross reference the finds):

1]       Ammunition finds:  #131 and #123 were found by powerline road in section I.  #123 was found by the section mark.

2]   The skull find [#22] in quadrant A was actually found near a thermos bottle [#27] which was not marked as to location in the finds list but was noted in location on the map.  Near the skull were also found red cloth [#61] and a jawbone [#63].  Additionally, women’s clothing #124 {bras}  was found at the intersection of A & B – so was a screwdriver [#139] and 4 small bones [#153].

3]            Blue suitcase #146 was found by #107 blond hair – the blue suitcase was not marked by its location but the blond hair found in #107 was located in grid G at 108’.  Section G also contained ammunition; several finds of hair; and bones.

3]   #83 [human hair], #97 [blond hair], #82 [hair dark brown], #81 [bones and hair], #95 [bone fragment] were all found in proximity to each other even though separated by grid lines.

5]   Find #111 [skull] was found south of the other skull on the map in another grid area across search line 50.

6]  In vicinity of station E on map:  #78 [jewelry clasp]; #72 [light brown hair]; #73 [light brown hair];  #8 [bones]

7]  Find #14 was found by #8 – these were groupings of bones.  It was identified on the map drawn by ESAR and set apart from the other finds but in the actual list #8 and #14 were not described by designated area.

8]  Find #106 cork-shoe material was found in J along with bone fragments and jaw fragment.

Cork – shoe material could be significant as a few of the girls were wearing shoes of a type that could contain cork material such as clogs worn by Georgann Hawkins.  Where is this evidence and why wasn’t it tested for DNA when DNA became available?  In fact, why wasn’t any of this evidence other than bones tested for DNA?  Why is the public story STILL to this day stating nothing was found at Taylor Mountain?

 

It is an issue of betrayal of public trust and accountability.  The law enforcement community of WA State needs to be accountable for this deception over the years.