Ted Bundy: List of Known Victims as DNA Links Serial Killer to Utah Murder
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Summary
Utah authorities say DNA evidence and other investigative findings link Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, a case that remained unsolved for decades. The finding raises the number of murders attributed to Bundy to 32, and investigators say they are continuing to examine the disappearance of Nancy Wilcox.Key Facts
- Hunters found Smith’s body on October 27, 1974, in a wooded area near the Summit County–Salt Lake County border.
- Authorities said advances in DNA testing helped them analyze mixed DNA samples connected to the case.
- Investigators said evidence from the investigation into Laura Ann Aime’s murder led them to Smith’s case.
- Summit County Sheriff Casey Bates said DNA evidence, along with evidence about pattern, motive, means and opportunity, established Bundy’s responsibility for Smith’s murder.
- Bundy had confessed to 30 murders before his execution in 1989; authorities now attribute 32 murders to him.
- Utah officials said they are still working to link Bundy to the disappearance of 16-year-old Nancy Wilcox in October 1974.
- The article says authorities had long considered Bundy a likely suspect in Smith’s murder, but had not officially identified a killer.
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