KILLER SCIENCE Ted Bundy’s brain was removed after execution so scientist could carry out experiment to delve into killer’s mind Lottie Tiplady-Bishop 25 Jan 2021, 11:47 TED Bundy's brain was studied by scientists in a bid to understand why he carried out his twisted crimes. The serial killer confessed to killing 36 young women over a four year period in the late 1970s and was executed in the electric chair in Florida on January 24, 1989, aged 42. 3 3 He admitted to murdering 36 women After he was executed, scientists removed Bundy's brain in an attempt to understand why and how the well-spoken, well-educated and seemingly upstanding citizen carried out the sick crimes, The Mirror reports.