Elizabeth "Liz" Kloepfer is an American author and administrative assistant. She is best known as the long-time girlfriend and fiancée of serial killer Ted Bundy. ^[1]

In 1981, Kloepfer wrote the book The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, a memoir which describes her relationship with Ted Bundy. ^{[2] [3]}

Elizabeth Kloepfer hails from Ogden, Utah. Elizabeth Kloepfer has a degree in business from Utah State University. ^[2] She was divorced when she met Ted Bundy. She worked as a secretary at the University of Washington School of Medicine. ^[2]

Elizabeth Kloepfer had a daughter, Tina, who was 3 years old when Elizabeth Kloepfer started dating Ted Bundy. ^[1]

Her relationship with Bundy has most recently been depicted in the Netflix-produced, Zac Efron-starring thriller, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Kloepfer’s own memoir (published under the pseudonym Elizabeth Kendall) served as the basis for the film. The 1981 book, The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, chronicles the couple’s rocky relationship and was published eight years before Bundy was executed on January 24, 1989.^[9]

Elizabeth Kloepfer met Ted Bundy at a bar in Seattle, Washington in October 1969. ^[1]

In February 1970, a mere four months after they had their first dance, the couple applied for a marriage license.

Their trip to the courthouse was successful in garnering a marriage license but a few days later the couple had a substantial fight.

It ended with Bundy ripping up the document.

Nonetheless, the two continued working on their relationship and decided to stay together.

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Kloepfer then became pregnant in 1972.

However, she terminated the pregnancy.^[9]

In 1974, Liz grew suspicious of Ted Bundy's behavior and contacted the police; at this point, they were looking for a serial killer. She is quoted as telling them, "Ted went out a lot in the middle of the night. And I didn’t know where he went. Then he napped during the day. And I found things, things I couldn’t understand." ^[5]

Bundy was eventually taken into custody but escaped from the Pitkin County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs on December 30, 1977. He was later re-arrested and jailed in Florida.

While serving jail time in Florida, Bundy called Kloepfer and admitted that he once tried to murder her.

He said that he tampered with the fireplace and put a towel in the crack of a door so that the smoke would stay in the house.

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In hindsight, Kloepfer wrote that she remembered the night and had opened a window for some fresh air when she was having trouble breathing.^[10]

On February 16, 1978, at 5:00 PM, Kloepfer received a phone call from Bundy saying that he was in custody.