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FD-350 (Rev. 11-11-75) "Woody ~ says he'll a Convicted kidnaper Theodore > Robert Bundy, 29, Tuesda expres- sed confidence that he will be *« vindicated in the kidnaping count . > and will succeed in proving his “« innocence in a Colorado murder - o 6ease. Bundy, in a press statement, said he was prepared to “use 7* every ounce of strength I have to - vindicate myself.” The typed « Statement was issued following » Bundy’s court appearance before < Salt Lake City Judge Melvin H. .*. Morris Tuesday on a fugitive = complaint. ’ + — “I am more confident today ~*"* than at any time before that my kKidnaping conviction will be re- versed with a new trial resulting » in my acquital,” the statement said. Bundy is serving a 1-15 year term in the Utah State Prison for. the kidnaping of teen-ager Carol DaRonch from Fashion Place Mall in Murray 23 months ago. ..... “I am absolutely certain that, should I be allowed a fair trial in Colorado, I will be found not guilty . Of the charge,” the statement . continued. An aff affidavit davit ” from the district attorney’s chief crime investigator, Michael J. Fisher, Pitkin County, Colo., charges Bundy with the slaying of ’ Dearborn, Mich., nurse Karyn Campbell 21 months ago in Aspen. The murdered woman’s nude body was found less than three miles from a ski lodge at Aspen. - Her head had been smashed in by some type of blunt weapon, inves- tigators said. : “Through personal Imowledge « + Tecan say that I have never killed, never kidnap ed and never even *- desired to injure another human being,” Bundy’s statement said. : He said his confidence in . clearing himself was not based on blind faith, but was a product of his personal knowledge of himself and his conduct. “Iam prepared to overcome the massive and prejudicial pub- hens ean 2 ra As ae s i. : Sig feet ce : ee, SERRE a Be ven, WE ge Theodore R. Bundy licity which significantly affected my first trial and promises to influence the second,” he said. “While I have no money to hire an attorney and no way of matching the limitless power of the state of Colorado with its prosecutors, investigation, laboratories and ex- pert witnesses, I am prepared to present a defense proving my innocence. . “In reality there is no such thing as a presumption of inno- cence. Iam prepared to do all this _ alone if necessary and I will win — because I am right,” the state- ment said. Bundy said his statement was “intended as much for the many people who care about me and believe in my innocence as it is for those who believe there can only be a presumption of guilt in my case.” | Over vigorous protests of his attorney, John D. O’Connell, the city judge Tuesday scheduled a fugitive hearing for Nov. 26 in city court. O'Connell told the court that state law requires fugitives to be held in county jail and said the fugitive complaint against Bundy should be dismissed because he is already in prison. The fugitive proceeding against Bundy plus a detainer on file in Gov. Calvin L. Rampton’s office are to allow Colorado au- thoritigs to file papers to extradite the prisonér for trial on the first degree murder count, a capital ofiense. : ———w (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Ss BS cee 7 N&us SALE LAKE Coty, Uta Date: 10/27/76 Edition: CY EAMG Author: Editor: Title: BUNDY SAYS HELL BE FREED Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: $fd 7? LAME {_] Being Investigated City LAKE CITY