Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl
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Summary
Utah authorities said DNA evidence linked Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of Melissa Ann Smith, who was 17 when she disappeared. Investigators connected evidence from Smith’s body to a DNA profile recovered from Laura Ann Aime, another 17-year-old Utah girl whom authorities linked to Bundy earlier this year.Key Facts
- Smith disappeared in 1974, and investigators found her body days later.
- Authorities said a Y-STR DNA profile recovered from Smith’s body matched one found on Aime’s body.
- In April, Utah county detectives said DNA evidence supported Bundy’s confession to killing Aime.
- Aime was last seen at a Halloween party and was found dead in late November 1974.
- Bundy was executed in 1989 for two murders.
- Authorities said Bundy killed at least 30 women across the American West and Florida between 1974 and 1978.
- Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said preserving evidence allowed investigators to revisit the case decades later.
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