Who is Meg Anders from The Stranger Beside Me and what is their importance?

Meg Anders met Bundy at a Seattle bar in September of 1969. The couple fell in love, but Meg was much more enamored with Ted than he was with her. Ted didn't want to hurt Meg by breaking up with her, not to mention, she helped him financially and emotionally through some of the roughest periods in his life. Ted eventually moved into Meg's home, during which time, Meg's fragile self-confidence was constantly shattered by Ted's cunning ways and manipulative emotional holds.

Eventually, Meg's own suspicions of Ted, supported by a friend of Meg's, compelled her to tell the authorities about Ted's activities and questionable behavior. The strength of Meg's information was enough to convince authorities that Ted was a prime suspect in the crimes.

Meg's feelings for Ted waivered but never ended completely, and she supported Ted throughout his incarcerations with prison visits, gifts and letters. When it became clear that Ted would never be a free man, Meg extricated herself from Ted's control and disappeared from his life. It is the relationship with Meg that Ted will miss most during his last years in prison.