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I have to say I find the continued discussion here flattering,

I would think that the Bundy property would promptly be abandoned after his wife and daughter leave. I personally think, that after the grounds are searched extremely thoroughly that the bank and city would have it promptly demolished. To save property values, they wouldn't have a memorial or anything like that built there, but I could see a neighborhood park being built in its place after it sat as an empty lot for a few years.

What likely happened that once the Newark Police Department got their hands on the photos of Bundy's victims they immediately (As well as the New Jersey State Police assisting them and maybe the F.B.I. is involved as well) started a extreme and fully thorough search of the grounds (Bundy's wife and daughter likely move out before the thorough search of the grounds is completed). For the house to be promptly demolished both the Bank and the City of Newark would need to after the search of the property is fully completed to prevent anyone from trying to steal pieces of the house as potential souvenirs or items that can be resold in the future.
Option 1. - Have a Demolition contractor demolish the house and have another contractor hired to haul the remains of the house (Except the materials that can be recycled) to a suitable location for proper disposal which would either be sending to a Landfill or digging a hole somewhere and burning up and burying the remains of the house (Fully encasing it in Concrete)
Option 2. - Have the Newark Fire Department set the house on fire for Training purposes and having the remains of the house properly disposed of.

After the demolition is completed what happens to the property afterwards is pretty much anyone's guess.

Known fact - In late August of 1972 John List's house in Westfield, New Jersey (The 19 Room Victorian Mansion where he committed the murders) was mysteriously set on fire and was destroyed (Remains unsolved) 10 Months after he murdered his family and disappeared (Until June 1, 1989 when he was finally caught) 2 years after the fire a new house was built on the same site after the property was sold.
 
for all we know Kelly could be in Congress ITTL and maybe being the one who authored and introduced the Garvey Act. Answer to Number 3 - It's safe to say that Ted Bundy's house is not going to last (It likely ends up razed very quickly if it doesn't get set on fire) after his Wife and Daughter permanently leave New Jersey as Bundy's Infamy will be so extreme (His actions would make the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder and John List's murders of his Mother, Wife and Children look like nothing in comparison) nobody would want to live in a house that a Serial Killer of Bundy's magnitude had lived in. A monument to the Victims would happen of the city takes over the property (Even if it's by Eminent domain).

I figured that most of the divergences were possible. I agree with your comment on Personal Transparency. But I could also see the public demanding that Transparency is also required to apply to Business, Religion, Media and Politics (The general public likely doesn't want anything to do with any company who even attempts to be secretive in any area at any level) with the likely exceptions being for reasons of National Security, Ensuring the safety of Government Witnesses like Informants testifying against Organized crime figures, Terrorist groups, Gang Members for example and their Familes (Even after they enter the Witness Protection Program), Avoiding any Law Enforcement investigation from being compromised, Ensuring that a Defendants in a Criminal Cases that he or she is subject to are guaranteed a Fair Trial for example.

Megyn Kelly was born in 1970 and would not have been eligible to run for Congress until 1996. I thought the Garvey Act would have been passed by then. Maybe Kelly makes a name for herself by forcing Enron, Worldcom, Adelphi and other corporations to be transparent up front.

As for razing the house, where Dahmer's apartment was, per Wikipedia, "is now a vacant lot. Alternate plans to convert the site into either a memorial garden, a playground, or to reconstruct new housing have failed to materialize."
 
Megyn Kelly was born in 1970 and would not have been eligible to run for Congress until 1996. I thought the Garvey Act would have been passed by then. Maybe Kelly makes a name for herself by forcing Enron, Worldcom, Adelphi and other corporations to be transparent up front.

As for razing the house, where Dahmer's apartment was, per Wikipedia, "is now a vacant lot. Alternate plans to convert the site into either a memorial garden, a playground, or to reconstruct new housing have failed to materialize."

I was not aware of the age eligibility to run for congress I will admit that maybe if Kelly ran for the U.S. House in 1996 ITTL she could easily have better credentials (In 1995 OTL she earned a J.D. from Albany Law School). Regarding the Garvey Act the legislation was likely immediately introduced (Likely setting a record for Co-sponsors) on or after January 4, 1995 and considering the events it easily passed both Houses of Congress and ended up on Clinton's desk before mid February (That would have been interesting for someone to watch C-SPAN at that time ITTL).

As for demolitions taking place after Infamous acts taking place it actually happened to a McDonald's in San Ysidro in 1984 10 days after a mentally unstable gunman went a violent rampage inside. The property was donated to the city (With the stipulation was that no restaurant is built on the site) and a memorial to the 21 victims now stands while most of the property now houses a Higher Education Center owned by Southwestern College which purchased the property in February 1988 (McDonald's built a new restaurant nearby). It also happened to Sandy Hook Elementary after the mass shooting that occurred there (A new school was built to replace it) and the house that the perpetrator who committed the shooting in the school had lived in (The site is now open space owned by the local municipality).
 
As for demolitions taking place after Infamous acts
Issue is, while you can do it, it takes time.

Depending on what you do, that is. The method is pretty simple. First call in a contractor, get the estimate, sort out who does all the paperwork and dumping of asbestos and such.

Once that's done, you cancel all the services, water, gas, electricity, which has to be done at least two weeks ahead of time, in writing.

THEN you go in, rip out anything salvageable (Might not do it here, but it'd be more costly that way), and move out all the crap you want to keep.

Also, you gotta make sure your neighbors won't get nailed by flying debris, and it's polite to warn them ahead of time.

Only then does the work start, which takes a few days or so to tear it all down, then you gotta load up all the debris into dumpsters for disposal.

So it'll take a lot of time. Easily enough for some unscrupulous bastard to sneak in and steal a lot of items for selling as memorabilia.
 
Issue is, while you can do it, it takes time.

Depending on what you do, that is. The method is pretty simple. First call in a contractor, get the estimate, sort out who does all the paperwork and dumping of asbestos and such.

Once that's done, you cancel all the services, water, gas, electricity, which has to be done at least two weeks ahead of time, in writing.

THEN you go in, rip out anything salvageable (Might not do it here, but it'd be more costly that way), and move out all the crap you want to keep.

Also, you gotta make sure your neighbors won't get nailed by flying debris, and it's polite to warn them ahead of time.

Only then does the work start, which takes a few days or so to tear it all down, then you gotta load up all the debris into dumpsters for disposal.

So it'll take a lot of time. Easily enough for some unscrupulous bastard to sneak in and steal a lot of items for selling as memorabilia.

Demolitions do take time depending on the size of the structures and the methods that are used. For a unscrupulous bastard (Or more than one) to sneak in and steal any item from the Bundy house would have been impossible as the property would have likely been fenced off and guarded round the clock (To prevent any Thefts and or Vandalism) until the demolition is completed. Planning for any demolition had likely started when Law Enforcement started a through search of the property which could have taken months (And they could have torn the walls apart looking for any potential evidence for all we know and any items that Bundy's wife and daughter kept might have been removed during the search to be looked over for any evidence they can find. The utilities could have easily been disconnected well before Law Enforcement had Released the Crime Scene (The Bundy house). Given the circumstances of this situation the contractor demolishing the house could have had owned some Dump Trucks suitable for hauling the debris away (As such vehicles could permit the debris to be hauled out quickly) or have subcontracted it to a company who has such Trucks in their fleet. As for salvageable materials (Electrical wiring, Copper Pipe if any, Any metal siding, Any Metal support beams for example) the debris was likely sifted through off site with the debris that is not salvaged being disposed of by Hauling it all off to a landfill in the same Dump Trucks, Loading it into dumpsters to be hauled off to the landfill. As for cost it would not be a problem given the circumstances as the Bank is likely financing the demolition and would likely write off all of the demolition expenses. Ensuring the safety of the neighbors is no problem for them as it would have been thought out in the planning process.
 
Just wanted to say that the images have been added back to the timeline. I was also hoping this bump may expose the timeline to some new readers
 
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