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🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum sits down for a part II series with Kathy Kleiner, a survivor of Ted Bundy's infamous 1978 attack on the Chi Omega sorority house, and Ken Katsaris, the former Leon County Sheriff whose determination led to Bundy's capture. Ken and Kathy share their experiences, insights, and the emotional aftermath of that night, we're given a unique perspective on the case that rocked Tallahassee and the world.
If you missed part I of this series listen here - https://omny.fm/shows/zone-7-with-sheryl-mccollum/kathy-kleiner-rawson-part-1-edited
Ken Katsaris is the Leon County Sheriff, instrumental in the investigation and capture of Ted Bundy.
Kathy Kleiner is a remarkable survivor who endured one of the most notorious crimes in American history - the brutal 1978 attacks by serial killer Ted Bundy at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University.
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award-winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.
You can connect and learn more about Sheryl’s work by visiting the CCIRI website https://coldcasecrimes.org
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0:00.0 | Y'all, there are times in this business where your heart just gets pulled in. |
0:15.0 | And tonight is one of those times. |
0:17.9 | We have the opportunity to hear from a victim and her sheriff while they talk about the incident that bonded them, bonded them like battle buddies. |
0:29.6 | We have Kathy Kleiner and the former Leon County Sheriff Ken Kassaris. |
0:35.3 | It is an absolute honor for me to welcome both of them. And I want to tell you a little bit |
0:41.0 | about the sheriff. I know y'all know Kathy Kleiner. She was in the last episode, but the sheriff was |
0:46.5 | elected in 1976. He trained as an officer. He was later a teacher. He has great skills in forensics. He taught college and started a criminal justice program. |
0:58.0 | Sheriff Casares stood in front of the house on Jefferson Street and listened to the details of this unspeakable, unimaginable, horrific crime. |
1:10.0 | He took the reins of this investigation. |
1:13.6 | There was a team that was an unbelievable team, professional team, more than one agency involved, |
1:20.6 | but don't make the mistake of who was in charge. |
1:23.6 | He had people describing the scene to him. |
1:26.6 | He heard all of it. |
1:28.3 | And then he heard there was more than one victim. |
1:31.3 | Two that survived for now, two that were already deceased. |
1:36.3 | He saw Kathy Kleiner that night. |
1:39.3 | He watched her get loaded and put into an amulence. |
1:42.3 | He never stopped praying for her. |
1:46.6 | Now y'all, he's a pro. He's a dedicated lawman that refuses to use the word hero, but that's |
1:53.4 | exactly the word I'm going to use. He's a hero in every sense of the word. If there is |
1:59.1 | anybody that you would want in your Zone 7, it's Ken Kassaris. Welcome to Zone 7. |
2:07.5 | Thank you for the invitation to be here. My heart is swelled, knowing that Kathy is also talking |
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