Katie Ring

Ted's twisted plan had finally given him the motivation he needed to succeed.

He became an honor student, got involved in local politics, and was seen as a rising star in the community, which was exactly what Ted wanted people to think.

Nobody suspected that this clean-cut, respectable young man was going out at night, watching young women in bars and following them home.

Sometimes he went up to his targets while they were still at the bar and took them out on dates if they were interested.

He cheated on Elizabeth constantly with multiple one-night stands.

On top of that, he loved to steal from people just for the thrill of it.

He robbed homes and shoplifted from businesses taking things like clothes, stereos, and even an eight-foot tree from a local nursery.

Elizabeth never knew about the cheating, although she did pick up on the rampant theft.

It bothered her, but she mostly dismissed it as a small flaw in her otherwise perfect boyfriend.

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.