True-crime author Ann Rule, who famously wrote a profile on her former co-workerย and serial killerย Ted Bundy, died Sunday night at Highline Medical Center in Burien, Washington. She was 83.
“My mom died peacefully last night,” Leslie Rule said on Facebook. “She got see all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.”
Rule’s daughter also said that her mother dealt with several medical concerns, such as congestive heart failure.
Throughout her long career, Rule penned more than 30 books. One of her most notable wasย her first publication, a profile on Bundy entitled “The Stranger Beside Me,” based on her experiences while workingย the late shift with the murdererย at a Seattle suicide hotline.