Did Ted Bundy Kidnap Little Ann Marie Burr? A 1961 Cold Case From Tacoma
In 1961, Ann Marie Burr was a beautiful eight-year-old girl with golden blonde hair, hazel eyes, and a smile that could light up a room. On August 31, 1961, Ann Marie vanished. She has never been found.
The Night of Ann Marie’s Disappearance
The Burr family had been living in a house near the 3000 block of North 14th Street in Tacoma, Washington, where Ann Marie shared her bedroom with her three-year-old sister, Julie. Julie had recently injured her arm, so Ann Marie brought her to their parents’ room in the middle of the night to tell them the cast was bothering Julie. Their parents told them to go back to their room. That was the last time anyone ever saw Ann Marie.
An Unlocked Door and an Open Window
The following morning at approximately 5:30 a.m., Ann Marie’s mother went into the girls’ room and found Ann Marie missing. There was no sign of a struggle. Although she had locked and chained the front door the night before, Ann Marie’s mother found that the front door had been unlocked from the inside and left partly open. She also found that the living room window was wide open (a window the family left slightly ajar to accommodate a TV antennae wire), and the garden bench from the backyard had been moved in front of the open window.
