Ted Bundy's crimes in Florida were a pivotal part of his overall killing spree, which spanned multiple states and claimed the lives of dozens of young women and girls. In January 1978, Bundy escaped from a Colorado courthouse and made his way to Florida, where he assumed the alias 'Chris Hagen'. He initially settled in Tallahassee, but soon moved to Gainesville, where he began to commit a series of brutal murders. On January 15, 1978, Bundy broke into the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University, where he brutally attacked and murdered two women, Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy. He also left several other women with serious injuries. Just a few blocks away, Bundy broke into another apartment, where he attacked and murdered a young woman named Karen Chandler. Over the next few days, Bundy continued to commit crimes in the Gainesville area, including the murder of a 12-year-old girl named Kimberly Leach. Bundy's Florida killing spree eventually came to an end on February 15, 1978, when he was arrested in Pensacola. He was subsequently linked to the murders through forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony. In 1979, Bundy was put on trial for the Chi Omega sorority house murders, and was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was executed in Florida's electric chair on January 24, 1989.