American detective and criminologist who helped the investigation that caught Ted Bundy, then led the Green River task force, where he and colleague Dave Reichert periodically interviewed the incarcerated Bundy for offender insight into the still-unidentified Green River Killer. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountLed the Green River task force and pioneered consulting an incarcerated offender, Ted Bundy, for investigative insight into an unidentified serial killer. 3 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer (1995); Signature Killers (1997) 1 Connections
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Keppel led the task force and brought in incarcerated Ted Bundy for offender-insight consultations.
Source Wikipedia: Gary Ridgway
Keppel was the lead King County (Washington) homicide detective on the original Bundy investigation and later corresponded with Bundy on the Green River Killer case from death row (Keppel, The Riverman).
Source Wikipedia: Ted Bundy
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1. Wikipedia: Robert Keppel
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Born June 15, 1944
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Died June 14, 2021 (age 76)
Works/Bibliography section
The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Robert D. Keppel
Wikidata Q4219465, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. Wikipedia: Gary Ridgway
Investigation sectionQuote, Investigation section
Task force members included Robert D. Keppel and Dave Reichert, who periodically interviewed incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy in 1984.
Wikipedia: Ted Bundy
Associated With: Ted Bundy Case, Manhunt and arrest sectionQuote, Associated With: Ted Bundy Case, Manhunt and arrest section
In November, the three principal Bundy investigators, Jerry Thompson from Utah, Robert Keppel from Washington and Michael Fisher from Colorado, met in Aspen, Colorado.
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