Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 killing through DNA testing
DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing. He killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states in the 1970s, and many more escaped or…
Exactly 52 years after a Utah teenager's body was discovered in the woods, DNA testing has linked notorious serial killer Ted Bundy to her 1974 murder. Authorities announced the connection Tuesday, bringing the confirmed body count of Bundy, who died in 1989, up to at least 30 women and girls across multiple states during the 1970s.
Police are confident Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, a long-standing cold case that has now been solved with the help of DNA evidence found on both victims. This breakthrough closes the book on the long-unresolved case, as identified by Utah County Attorney Margaret Olson. The DNA on file in Florida, where Bundy was convicted and executed, provided the crucial link to Smith's death, which bore the signature of Bundy's distinct "pattern, motive, means, and opportunity."
The Utah State Crime Lab utilized advanced technology to make these critical connections, finally bringing justice to this cold case.
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