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FD-350 (Rev. 11-11-75) undy asks n Convicted kidnaper Theodore R Bundy v . y asked for a new trial Monday afternoon, claiming the Salt Lake County Attorney’s Office suppressed vital evide ice to: obtain.a conviction last February. a : In a motion filed with the Third District dourt Bundy’s Utah attorney, John D. O’Connell i yt doubt on the kidnap victim’s identification of Bundy. Bundy, 30, was convicted of Kidnaping Carol gneh, Murray, from a shopping mall parking lot bv. 8, 1974, She was 17 at the time. Bundy is being in Aspen, Colo., where he is charged {vith ering a Michigan nurse and with escape. O’Connell’s motion for a new trial states, ‘ The nly significant evidence Supporting the verdiét of guilty was the testimon ' could identify the defe . kidnaped her.” O’Connell wrote t Was given copies of :-§ecidently came across a r ake County Deputy Jerry Thompson. A copy of the report, which was attach . J , ed to the ‘motion, stated Deputy Thompson questioned Miss _ DaRonch Sept. 1, 1975, and later said: “In going through the pictures, she pulled ou : ’ p t Mr Bundy’s picture in her hand, gave the pi , to this officer, stati a ’ ee Y e pictures back ~. * '* that resembles him.’ “She was asked what the one was doing in her hand. She stated, ‘Ph here.’ I asked her if that ws the guy, or why she : pulled it out. She stated, ‘I don't know, aah, I gues + it looks somethinglike . him.’ , “She was asked if she was affraid to identify him, and she stated no. She said, ‘That looked maybe something like him’ she really just didn’t know, she didn’t . think she could identify him if she saw him again or not.” Deputy Thompson also wrote, “This is a very poor witness in this de- tective’s opinion, and T don't now if she can identify the individual or if she is scared or what the situation is.” ¥ of Carol DaRonch that she ndant as the man who had hat while in Colorado, Bhinay investigation materials,! and eport prepared byd Salt € anyone in there ' . ‘ * Aemvamvantat *O’Connell said in the motion that his client had asked the prosecution to produce all materials de- aling with the investiga- tion, and that the pro- secution said in court that everything pertain- ing to the case from the Sheriff's Office was. | given to the defense. tended that a police jre- port which was released . “Indicates a fair viewing process conducted by an objective detective who obtained a tentative iden- tification which called for further efforts to de- termine if the victim could actually make an identification. The attorney cfs “Whereas, the sup- pressed report reflects the frustration of a detec- tive who attempted and _ failed to get the victim-to - make an identification of aperson he regarded as guilty and dangerous and inditates that those at- titudes were conveyed to the victim.” ' O’Connell said the newly discovered report would have been of great value to Bundy’s defense because it would have “established the theory that Ms DaRonch was initially unable to ide tify Bundy but was late induced to do so by inve tigators. O’Connell said the mo- tion was not made im- ew kidnap trial _ (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) P.B- | [dsaarcdt SLC, Lt, Was) Date: - 8-30.99 Edition: Author: Editor: Title: , a oe Dod AN cel Character: rpm or Classification: ¢? 7—- Submitting Office: S$ (_] Being Investigated xt — ; Mediately after the newsearcuen |___._INDEX” evidence was discoverefiseRj ay (7£5 tyr FILE_9? because Bundy believet the report was inadvey- tently delivered to him by Pitkin County, Colo|: authorities. a7 Fuse riven . a 5 AWGS3 i 1977 Va eo"? /2 S57 Cw