Katie Ring

It actually distracted her from prying into what he got up to at night.

They didn't live together, but whenever she noticed he was out late, she assumed he was going around stealing rather than doing something much worse.

So for the next few years, Ted kept living his double life.

In 1972, he graduated from the University of Washington and was accepted to a couple of law schools.

At 26 years old, he finally felt like he was making something of himself.

But it still wasn't enough.

Ted's impulses were getting even darker, and it wouldn't be long before he unleashed them.

He'd later describe the dark feeling inside of him as an intense pressure in his gut.

like a tension that kept winding tighter and tighter.

He was consumed with rage, and no amount of peeping, stealing, or fantasizing could make it go away.

Ted wanted to up the ante even more, but he learned from his first attempt to kidnap a woman that things might not go the way he planned.

Ted was a planner, and as always, he wanted to be prepared for every possibility.

To make sure he didn't get caught, he decided to learn everything he could about how the police operated.

So Ted deferred his law school admission and used his political connections to get a job with the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Commission.

Working there gave Ted access to all kinds of data on violent crime.

He learned about the investigative techniques detectives commonly use, and that communication between different jurisdictions was limited.

After about a year, 26-year-old Ted felt like he'd learned what he needed.

He left the crime commission and enrolled at a local law school in the fall of 1973.

But his concentration was starting to waver.

His desire to dominate and destroy was overwhelming him.