Map: The campus where Roberta Kathleen Parks was abducted
2501 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331
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The campus where Ted Bundy abducted Roberta Kathleen Parks
Crime Location in Corvallis, Oregon
In May 1974, serial killer Ted Bundy abducted Roberta Kathleen Parks from the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis.
The 20-year-old was last seen near this building on Jefferson Way.
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Last known location
This is a Google Street View image of the corner of Jefferson Way and 26th Street. The blue arrow illustrates the general area where Parks was last seen. The Memorial Union building was just a few yards away.
After saying goodbye to Lorraine Fargo, Parks would have turned left onto 26th Street.
During a conversation about what Parks' killer "might" have done, Bundy "speculated" that he approached the 20-year-old in the cafeteria and convinced her to accompany him to a local bar. He then drove to a remote location before carrying out his attack.
However, several questions hang over this story.
The first problem is that it wasn't a genuine confession. At the time, Bundy was still adamant that he was an innocent man who had been wrongly convicted of murder. As a result, his "theories" about what the killer "might have done" were almost certainly filled with falsehoods.
Bundy was well aware that investigators would try to scrutinize his interviews with author Stephen Michaud for clues. Therefore, it is likely that he deliberately attempted to mislead them at certain points.
The second problem with this "confession" is that there were no sightings of Parks at the cafeteria.
Last but not least, the commons area in the Memorial Union building was reportedly closed at 11 p.m. on Mondays. Because Parks left her dorm at around 11 p.m., there was very little time for her to buy a hot fudge sundae, sit down, and then be approached.
The most likely scenario is that Bundy approached Parks outside of the Memorial Union building.
During the abductions of Susan Rancourt and Georgann Hawkins, we know that he feigned an injury and asked them to help him carry something back to his car.
In both of those cases, he strategically parked his Volkswagen Bug in secluded parking lots that were within walking distance.
He also used a fake injury ruse during the abductions of Janice Ott and Denise Naslund at Lake Sammamish.
Therefore, it stands to reason that he employed a similar modus operandi with Parks.
Sackett Hall
At the time of her disappearance, Parks was living in one of the dorm rooms at Sackett Hall.
Inset is a photograph of her boyfriend, Christy McPhee.
McPhee was reportedly pushing for more commitment in their relationship. However, she wasn't ready and was planning on ending things with him.
Parks' family home
Parks was from Lafayette, California. She was born in Lakewood, Ohio, on February 27th, 1954.
Newspaper reports from the time show that she lived at 1117 Rahara Drive.
The property no longer belongs to her family, as it has been sold twice in the past 30 years.
Her parents were Charles E. and Katherine Wilks Parks. Charles passed away in 1986. Her mother, Katherine, died in November 2009.
She had two sisters called Susan and Sharon.
When Roberta first went missing, her parents believed that she may have been upset due to her father's heart attack. After offering $1,500 for information about her whereabouts, they expressed their hopes that she would eventually return home.
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