Ted Bundy linked to 1974 killing of Utah teen through DNA
Investigators in Utah announced Tuesday that serial killer Ted Bundy was responsible for a teenage girl’s murder in the state in 1974.
The cold case breakthrough comes 52 years after the body of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith was found in the woods by a hunter.
Bundy himself died in 1989, but the count of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing.
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