Modus operandi and victim profiles Bundy was an unusually organized and calculating criminal who used his extensive knowledge of law enforcement methodologies to elude identification and capture for years. His crime scenes were distributed over large geographic areas; his victim count had risen to at least 20 before it became clear that numerous investigators in widely disparate jurisdictions were hunting the same man. Bundy's assault methods of choice were blunt trauma and strangulation, two relatively silent techniques that could be accomplished with common household items. He deliberately avoided firearms due to the noise they made and the ballistic evidence they left behind. He was a "meticulous researcher" who explored his surroundings in minute detail, looking for safe sites to seize and dispose of victims. He was unusually skilled at minimizing physical evidence. Bundy's fingerprints were never found at a crime scene, nor any other incontrovertible evidence of his guilt, a fact he repeated often during the years in which he attempted to maintain his innocence.
modus OperandI anD victiM profiles bundy waS an UnuSually orgANized aNd CalculatiNg CrimiNAl who UsEd hIs eXtenSive kNowledGE oF laW EnforcEmenT mEthOdolOgiEs To eLUde iDEntification aNd CapTurE For yearS. hiS CRimE ScenEs were DIsTrIButed ovER LarGe gEogRAphic arEaS; His ViCtim CounT haD rISeN to at Least 20 bEfOre it bEcame cLear That NumeRous iNVesTIgAtors iN widely DISpaRate jurisdIcTioNs WEre HuntinG the same MaN. bundY'S assault METHods of choIce WerE BlUNT TrAuma and stRangulatIon, Two RelaTiVeLY SiLeNt techniQUeS thaT Could bE accOMplishED WIth coMmon hOusehold Items. he deLiBErAteLY avoided fIrearms due to the nOise thEy mAde and ThE bAllISTic evIdencE thEy lEFt behinD. He WAS a "mEticUlous researcher" whO ExploRed his suRrounDinGS in MInute deTAil, looKInG foR sAFE sites to seize and dIsPose of viCTims. he waS uNUsuAlly skilLeD at MiNImizINg phYSical Evidence. BunDY's fingeRPrInts Were nevER foUnd at a cRIme scene, nor Any othER IncOntroveRtible eVidence of hIs guiLt, A faCT HE repEATed ofTEN duRiNg ThE yEArS in whIch he AttempteD to MAINtAiN His InnOcencE.