HAVE
HAVE TAKEN A BIG STEP THAT COULD FINALLY TIE BUNDY TO HER
DISAPPEARANCE.
DISAPPEARANCE. GLAD BUNDY HAS NOW CONFESSED TO
20 KILLINGS.
20 KILLINGS. >> Reporter: IN ONLY 8 YEARS,
EMILY BUR CAPTURED THE LOVE OF
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, EVEN
STRANGERS SHE NEVER MET.
>> IT WAS UNEXPLAINABLE.
AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL VANISHING
WITHOUT A TRACE.
>> LIKE OTHER MISSING PERSON
CASES, IT'S MADE WORLDWIDE
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>
NEWS. >> THEY NEVER FOUND ANYTHING.
NOT A THING.
NOT A TRAIL.
NOT A SPECK OF ANYTHING.
>> EMILY BIRD DISAPPEARED FROM
HER TACOMA, WASHINGTON HOME ON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31st, 1961.
>> Reporter: ANN'S MOTHER,
BEVERLY, WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKING FOR
HER DAUGHTER, BUT NO ONE HAD
SEEN HER.
SEEN HER.
SEEN HER. IT QUICKLY BECAME A BIG
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> ONE OF THE DUPLICATIONS FOR
THE SEARCH WAS THEIR HOME WAS
NEAR A CAMPUS, AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION THAT DAY.
DON, HER FATHER, WENT BACK TO
THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM YOU
HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT
THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES WITH
THE DITCHES.
THE DITCHES. HE AND HIS BROTHER HAD SCENE A
TEENAGER STANDING AT ONE OF THE
DITCHES AND KIND OF KICKING IN
DIRT IN WITH HIS FEET.
THEY WAITED A FEW DAYS.
BY THE TIME THE POLICE WENT TO
THE CAMPUS, EVERYTHING WAS
PAVED OVER.
PAVED OVER. >> Reporter: COULD SHE BE
BUNDY'S FIRST VICTIM?
POLICE SAY EVIDENCE COLLECTED
AT ANN'S HOUSE HERE SO MANY
YEARS AGO WAS LIMITED BECAUSE
OF METHODS THAT INVESTIGATORS
USED BACK THEN, BUT RECENTLY
POLICE HAVE ACCIDENT SOME OF
THAT EVIDENCE TO THE LAB TO BE
TESTED, HOPING NEW TECHNOLOGY
CAN FINALLY HELP SOLVE THIS
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> HE ALWAYS LIED.
I MEAN ALWAYS.
>> Reporter: SANDY HOLT GREW
UP WITH ANN AND TED IN TACOMA.
THEY OFTEN PLAYED IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. HOLT REMEMBERING BUNDY AS A
STRANGE AND EVIL CHILD.
>> HORRIBLE.
>> HORRIBLE. NO ORE OTHER WAY TO EXPLAIN
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. HE
HIM. HE DIDN'T FIT IN ANYWHERE.
>> Reporter: 25 YEARS AND AT
LEAST 30 VICTIMS LATER, BUNDY
OPENED THE DOOR TO THE
POSSIBILITY THAT HE KILLED ANN.
>> IN 1986, TED HAD TOLD THE
STORY ABOUT THIS HYPOTHETICAL
FIRST CRIME OF HIS, OF
MURDERING A CHILD.
SHE SAID THAT HE FOLD HIS STORY
TO A SERIAL KILL REAR SEARCHERS
DURING A PRISON INTERVIEW.
>> HE TOLD THIS STORY OF TAKING
A CHILD OUT OF ARE THE HOUSE,
TO THE ORCHARD NEXT DOOR,
MOLESTING HER, AND THEN LEAVING
HER IN A DITCH.
>> I JUST KNEW THAT HE WAS THE
ONE THAT GOT RID OF HER
SOMEWHERE.
SOMEWHERE. >> TED BUNDY WAS EXECUTED AT
4:16 SEATTLE TIME.
>> Reporter: SADLY, THE TRUTH
MAY HAVE GONE TO HE GRAVE WITH
HIM IN 1989.
>> HE SAID YOUR FIRST CRIME IS
VERY SPECIAL, AND YOU DON'T
TALK ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW, CLOSURE
WILL HAVE TO WAIT EVEN LONGER.
>> ANN'S CASE IS STILL OPEN.
TACOMA POLICE SAY TED BUNDY HAS
NOT BEEN RULED OUT AS A
SUSPECT, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL
OTHER PEOPLE ALSO CONSIDERED
SUSPECTS.
SUSPECTS.
SUSPECTS. POLICE SAY THEY PERIOD IRKLY
REVIEW ALL COLD CASES TO SEE IF
NEW TECHNOLOGY AND FORENSIC
SCIENCE CAN BE USED.
ANN'S PARENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY,
WE SPOKE WITH HER BROTHER,
GREG, WHO WAS JUST FIVE YEARS
OAT WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED.
HE SAID HE BELIEVES IT COULD
HAVE BEEN BUNDY.
HE ALSO SAID I DON'T NEED
CLOSURE, MY MOM AND DAD ARE IN
HEAVEN WITH THEM.
THAT'S ALL I NEEDED.
YOU CAN TEXT THE WORD BUNDY TO
READ THE LETTER'S ANNS MOTHER
AND TED BUNDY WROTE TO EACH
OTHER WHILE HE WAS ON DEATH
ROW.
ROW.
ROW. SO
ROW. SO MANY YEARS LATER, STILL
TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT'S CREEPY.
IT'S CREEPY. >> JUST THE IDEA YOU WOULD GO
TO YOUR CHILD'S ROOM AND THEY
WOULD BE MISSING FROM THEIR BED
AND THAT THERE WOULD NOBODY