I recently stumbled upon an interesting historical tidbit: in 1970, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy saved a toddler from drowning in Green Lake.
Ted Bundy in custody, Florida, July 1978. Florida Memory Project #N035653
From Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition (page 32):
As 1969 and 1970 passed, Ted’s path was straight upward, excelling in everything he put his hand to; he was becoming more urbane, superbly educated, socially adept. He was an ideal citizen. [...] In the summer of 1970, it was Ted Bundy who saved a three-and-a-half-year-old toddler from drowning in Green Lake in Seattle’s north end. No one had seen the child wander away from his parents — no one but Ted — and he had dashed into the water to save the youngster.
