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Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah teenager's cold case murder through DNA testing, prosecutor says
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- DNA evidence has linked serial killer Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in Utah, solving a cold case over 50 years old.
- Investigators matched DNA from Smith's autopsy to Bundy's profile, which was previously established through a 2011 FBI database entry from a blood vial taken in 1978.
- Smith's case shares Bundy's known pattern, motive, means, and opportunity, and was connected to another victim, Laura Aime, whose case was resolved last year.
- Bundy, executed in 1989, killed at least 30 women and girls across multiple states in the 1970s, with ongoing DNA advancements continuing to link him to additional victims.
- Officials emphasized the importance of preserving evidence and expressed hope that solving more cases will help close the legacy of Bundy's crimes.
