On September 17, 1975, in an attempt to ditch the vehicle to keep it out of the hands of the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Department (who were interested in searching it for evidence linked with his multi-state murder spree), Ted Bundy sold his beige 1968 Volkswagen sedan to eighteen-year-old Bryan Severson: titled ‘Bill of Sale’ and written on what appears to be a yellow legal pad, the receipt is hand-written in red ink and states that on that date, Bryan Severson ‘has bought and paid for in full the sum of $800 (eight hundred dollars),’ signed Theodore R. Bundy. Hairs from three of Bundy’s victims were later found in the VW, according to reports. Bryan was born on February 5, 1958 and currently lives in Bountiful, Utah. Over the years Severson’s memory may have gotten a bit hazy in regards to the encounter: in October 2022 he did an interview with true crime researcher Chris Mortenson, who said that Bundy immediately ‘took off’ after he paid him for that car, but in a different interview conducted in front of Ted’s rooming house, he said he had driven Ted back to his rooming house after the purchase was completed… so, who knows? Interesting fact: he went to the same high school as Melissa Smith, and was a year below her.