Ted Bundy's Execution

Ted Bundy's Execution Bundy died in the Raiford electric chair at 7:16 a.m. EST on January 24, 1989; he was 42 years old. Hundreds of revellers—including 20 off-duty police officers, by one account—sang, danced and set off fireworks in a pasture across the street from the prison as the execution was carried out,[then cheered loudly as the white hearse containing his corpse departed the prison. His body was cremated in Gainesville,[and his ashes scattered at an undisclosed location in the Cascade Range of Washington State, in accordance with his will.