Ted Bundy’s Courtroom Wedding Trick

During his 1979 murder trial in Florida, serial killer Ted Bundy used a little-known state legal rule to marry his girlfriend Carol Ann Boone in open court. Florida law recognized a marriage declaration if a couple publicly stated their intent before a presiding judge. While questioning Boone on the witness stand, Bundy suddenly asked her to marry him. When Boone accepted, Bundy immediately declared to the courtroom that they were legally married. The judge allowed the declaration.

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