Slain teen found in 1974 definitively linked to Ted Bundy murders

Key Points:

• The Utah County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime has been definitively linked to serial killer Ted Bundy through new forensic evidence.
• Bundy had confessed to Aime's murder before his execution, but the confession alone was previously insufficient to close the case until recent advances in forensic technology provided conclusive proof.
• The body of Laura Ann Aime was found undressed near American Fork Canyon Road shortly after she went missing on Halloween night in 1974, and the case remained unsolved for nearly 50 years.
• Authorities praised the preservation of evidence and forensic work that allowed the cold case to be solved decades later, with officials expressing that they would have pursued the death penalty if Bundy were still alive.
• Bundy confessed to 30 victims, including seven in Utah, and the forensic breakthrough is expected to help close other open cases related to him, with one additional case nearing resolution outside Utah County.