Inside The Life Of Ted Bundy's Wife Today

During Ted Bundy's trial, then-girlfriend Carole Ann Boone (portrayed above by Kaya Scodelario in "Extremely Wicked") frequently made comments to the press about how she virulently believed in his innocence. According to an article by Women's Health about the relationship between the convicted serial killer and Boone, the producer and director of "Falling for a Killer," Trish Wood, said that her profession of such to the media was anything but performative. "[Boone] absolutely believed he was innocent," Wood explained to the publication. 

Per Wood, Boone was not alone: "There were so many people [at the time of Bundy's trial] who thought he was innocent and being railroaded ... so Carole Boone was surrounded by people who fed her idea that he was innocent, and you know, when you're in love, you want to be fed that." 

After Bundy's conviction in 1979, for which he was sentenced to death, Boone continued to proclaim his innocence. As Oxygen noted in their own piece on Boone, her belief in Bundy and her support in appealing his death sentence spurred her to join an activist group in Gainesville which fought against capital punishment overall. According to Wood, "she was supported by people in the anti-death movement in Florida as well, so, you know, she was obviously in some kind of denial about it, but she certainly had support" when it came to his guilt. 

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