Thomas Richard Bunday

Serial killer
5known / alleged victims
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Case Facts
Gender
male
Country
USA
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Date of birth
1948
Age at first offence
31
Characteristics
rape?, history of mental illness
Victim profile
Glinda Sodemann, 19 / Doris Oehring, 11 / Marlene Peters, 20 / Wendy Wilson, 16 / Lori King, 19
Method of murder
Shooting
Date(s) of murder
1979 - 1981
Years active
1979–1981
Date of arrest
—
Status
Died in custody

Committed suicide when he deliberately drove his motorcycle into an oncoming dump truck on March 16, 1983

Case Summary

Background

Thomas Richard Bunday served at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks. He was transferred to Wichita Falls, Texas.

Investigation

The first successful use of psychological profiling of killers in Alaska occurred when it allowed police to narrow their search for the murderer of 5 Fairbanks-area women between 1979 and 1981.

Arrest

An hour after a warrant for his arrest had been issued, Bunday took his own life.

Outcome

Bunday committed suicide by deliberately driving his motorcycle head-on into an oncoming dump truck on March 16, 1983.

Other details

The case involved the murder of 5 Fairbanks-area women between 1979 and 1981.

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