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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) = a . j . By Wilf Cannon - Tribune Staff Writer . The first day of the kidnap trial of Theodore R. Bundy ended Monday with the alleged victim, voice cracking with emotion, describing how she was ab- ducted on Nov. 8, 1974. . Bundy, 29, waived his right to a jury trial and the case is being heard solely by 8rd District Court Judge Stewart M. ‘Hanson Jr. , ” The kidnap victim, Carol DaRonch, now 19, took the stand as a prosecution witness after a lunch recess. The willowy brunette, under direct examination by Deputy Salt Lake County David E. Yocom, described how -€ man approached her as she was shopping at Fashion Place Mall, 6100 S. State, Murray. Packed Courtroom - At times tearful, Miss DaRonch told .the packed courtroom her assailant asked what her license number was. When she told him, he said someone had been caught attempting to break into her car at the parking Jot. . She accompanied the man and found nothing missing from her car. Mr. Yocom asked whether that man was in the courtroom. Her voice broke for a moment then she clearly iden- ‘tified Bundy as the man. As Mr. Yocom’s questioning con- tinued, Miss DaRonch, who was 18 when the incident occurred, said the (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Alleged Kidnap Victim Testifies, Trial ior Bundy Begins . | man eventually asked her if she would | accompany him to a police station to ° sign a complaint against a man caught , breaking in her ear. 2 Flashed Badge She said she complied only’ after the ¥ man flashed a badge at her. . In the passenger side of the man’s Volkswagen, she rode up 6100 South to | | 300 East where the man turned left. When the car reached 5100 South, she . said, he pulled the car over. Miss DaRonch said she then asked the man what he was doing. He didn’t reply, but he grabbed. her left arm and attached one side of a pair of handcuffs. Simultaneously, she .testified, she . reached for the door handle and opened the door. . . _ Bundy sat relaxed during her tes- timony. As she struggled froin the car, her ; a assailant followed her out the pasesenger side of the vehicle. ‘Kept Screaming’ Miss DaRonch said, “I kept scream- ing, fighting and scratching,” until she had wrenched herself free. She then flagged down an oncoming motorist.’ She got into that car and was taken to the Murray City Police Station. John D. O'Connell, attorney for the former University of Utah law student, ' fired questions at Miss DaRonch during cross examination in apparent at- _ tempts to shatter her credibility. The defense attorney claimed numer- ous discrepancies in the girl’s past and present testimony. ° . He cited differences in hér testimony during a preliminary hearing. Miss DaRonch appeared calm each time as she replied, ‘I don’t know” to Mr. e-——See Page 13, Column 5 in S.L. {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Page 11. SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SALT TAKE CITY,UT'H Date: 2/2h/76 Edition: 77 AORN THG Author: . Editor: | Titer Allesed Kidnap ictim testifies Trial for Bundy begir Character: jn S.Le or : Classification: Submitting Office: 9° T T T AVS fal | Being Investigated) ©