Ted Bundy linked to another Utah murder decades after execution
Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 27 Oct, 18:09 · Archive
Utah authorities are expected to link serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1974 homicide using DNA evidence.
Utah authorities are expected to announce Tuesday that DNA evidence links serial killer Ted Bundy to another decades-old homicide. The Summit County Sheriff's Office and county attorney will reveal the victim's identity and explain the evidence during a news conference. The victim's identity has not been released, though the 1974 death of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith has long been listed as a cold case.
This announcement comes about six months after Utah authorities used DNA evidence to link Bundy to the 1974 killing of 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime. Aime vanished after leaving a Halloween party on 31 October 1974. Her body was discovered by hikers near American Fork Canyon days later, and investigators determined she had been raped, strangled and murdered. The case remained unsolved for 51 years until investigators developed a male DNA profile from bodily fluids found on her remains.
Bundy was executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989 for the 1978 homicides of two women at Florida State University's Chi Omega sorority house. Before his execution, a homicide detective from Salt Lake County interviewed him about several Utah murders and disappearances, including those of Smith and Aime. Bundy admitted to killing some victims but denied others and said he could not remember encountering Smith and Aime. Despite Bundy's death, the count of his confirmed victims continues to rise as DNA testing technology advances.
How it is being reported
- Ted Bundy connected to 1974 murder of 17-year-old girl in Utah by DNA evidence: policeDNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter.New York Post · 27 Oct, 19:25
- Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah girl's cold case murderA Utah prosecutor said Ted Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case.CBS News · 27 Oct, 18:54
- Ted Bundy expected to be linked to another decades-old homicide nearly 40 years after his executionDNA evidence is expected to link Ted Bundy to another decades-old Utah homicide, months after the same technology tied him to Laura Ann Aime's killing.Fox News · 27 Oct, 17:51
- Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another murder as victim tally continues to growBundy has been dead for nearly 40 years, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to growIndependent World · 27 Oct, 16:57
In this story: Ted Bundy · Melissa Ann Smith · Laura Ann Aime · Utah · Summit County Sheriff's Office · Florida State University
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