Case closed: DNA evidence links serial killer Ted Bundy to new victim
KIRO 7 News Seattle • • nation
Key Points:
- DNA evidence has confirmed that notorious serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to the 1974 murder of Laura Ann Aime in Utah County, over 30 years after Bundy's execution in 1989.
- Aime, 17 at the time, was found bound, beaten, and strangled near State Route 92 after disappearing on Halloween; investigators believe Bundy kidnapped and held her for several days before killing her.
- Bundy confessed to involvement in Aime's death shortly before his execution, but authorities initially lacked sufficient evidence to officially link him to the crime until recent forensic advancements.
- The Utah County Sheriff’s Office kept the case open and submitted evidence for modern DNA testing, which irrefutably matched Bundy's DNA to the crime scene.
- Bundy, who confessed to 30 murders primarily in Washington state, was never convicted in Utah but is now definitively connected to this cold case through DNA technology.
