Document courtesy of the King County Sheriff’s Department. Over the years Karen has been given various pseudonyms, including ‘Joni Lenz,’ ‘Mary Adams,’ and ‘Terri Caldwell’ (in an attempt to protect her identity) and told her story for the first time in the 2020 Amazon docuseries, ‘Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer.’
On January 4th, 1974, Ted Bundy brutally assaulted college student Karen Sparks at 4325 8th Avenue NE in the University District of Seattle. Sparks was Bundy’s first known victim. He didn’t kill her, but left her with a number of serious long-term injuries she still struggles with to this day.
The house no longer exists: it was torn down at some point in 1985 to make way for a new four-story apartment block called Westwood Apartments.
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