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ee A aa GR eae . A iRev. 11-11-75) . ” Bundy Le eft Alone in e in Aspen Courtroom, Leaps Out Window, Kscapes Into Hills ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Accused mur- * derer Theodore Bundy, left unguarded in an emoty courtroom, jumped [rom a Mm an empty Courtroom, Jumped ron second-Muwor window of the Pitkin County Courthouse on Tuesday, ran a half-mile ulong Main Street, and es- caped into the hills east of town. Teams of police officers and sheriff's denuties combed the asnen- and catton- Gepulies COMmbeta ine aspen- and corion wood-covered hillsides that are dotted with expensive homes. Handbills with Bundy'’s picture were circulated throughout town, roadblocks were set up on outbound highways and a Rocky Mountain Rescue Service heiicopler was pressed into the search. Atracking dog traced Bundy’s trail to the Roaring Fork River near the courthouse, where a group of young boys said they had scen a inan who fit Bundy’s description cross the river. Additional bloodhounds were being lown in from Denver to continue the earch. eputies had bee ass andy during his 2 ppea (Mount Clipping in Space Below) district court here for pretrial argu- ments, bul a witness said she saw Bundy pacing alone in the courtroom just minutes before the escape. ' The Pitkin County Sheriff's Depart- ment confirmed that Bundy was left unguarded during a recess in the court proceedings. Sheriff Dick Kienast had no comment on why Bundy was not muy fi oat being guarded when he escaped. “When everyone returned to court following the break, it was asked where was Mr. Bundy,” said Undersherilf Ben Myers. “Tt was at that time that we disco vered him missing.” Just later, officials were told a passerby reported, ‘Someone just jumped out of a window. Is that normal?” Bundy, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1975 slayin cf a Dearborn, Mich.. Campbell. Her body, (rozen and nude, was Lound beside a rural road a month alter she disappeared while vacu? tioning in this Rocky Mountain resort community. A former University of Utah law student and one-time worker for the Republican Party in Washington, Bundy was extradited [rom Utah to stand trial here. ‘The Tacoma, Wash., native had been serving a 1-i5 year sentence in the Utah State Prison for the unsuccessful kid- naping in November, 1974, of a teen-age girl from a Murray, Utah, shopping mall. He was convicted March 2, 1976, ina non-jury trial of abducting Carol DaRonch, who managed to escape from his Volkswagen a si distance from the mall. nurse, Cary. — {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.} 4.6! | oan Lace TEBUME / 6-88-77 Edition: YtowAsAs fAJSE Author: Editor: Tite: GUMDY Escape t 7 : Character: SEARCHED SERIALZ 50 bal