{"id":106407,"date":"2026-10-27T18:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/serial-killer-ted-bundy-linked-to-another-utah-teenagers-cold-case-murder-through-dna-testing-prosecutor-says\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:55:24","slug":"serial-killer-ted-bundy-linked-to-another-utah-teenagers-cold-case-murder-through-dna-testing-prosecutor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/serial-killer-ted-bundy-linked-to-another-utah-teenagers-cold-case-murder-through-dna-testing-prosecutor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah teenager&#8217;s cold case murder through DNA testing, prosecutor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>DNA connects serial killer <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ted-bundy-serial-killer-survivor-stories\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ted Bundy<\/a><\/span> to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter.<\/p>\n<p> 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 survived with injuries.<\/p>\n<p> The Summit County, Utah, prosecutor said investigators are satisfied that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case.<\/p>\n<p> Bundy was executed in 1989 by electric chair in Florida for the 1978 murders of two women at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University.<\/p>\n<p> Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states in the 1970s, and many more escaped or survived with injuries.<\/p>\n<p> In April, Utah authorities said Bundy was responsible for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ted-bundy-dna-utah-teen-1974-unsolved-death\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">murder of Laura Ann Aime<\/a><\/span>, 17, who disappeared on Halloween in 1974.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/04\/09\/3d6146ed-d00a-4e21-88d0-3451215b411e\/thumbnail\/620x383\/8902e857c77be8975a0b89fa54e94c72\/bundy-arrest.jpg#\" alt=\"Exchange Ted Bundy Colorado \" height=\"383\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/04\/09\/3d6146ed-d00a-4e21-88d0-3451215b411e\/thumbnail\/620x383\/8902e857c77be8975a0b89fa54e94c72\/bundy-arrest.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/04\/09\/3d6146ed-d00a-4e21-88d0-3451215b411e\/thumbnail\/1240x766\/646ef5249a5683391df2ec095a4b5df4\/bundy-arrest.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this 1977 file photo, serial killer Ted Bundy, center, is escorted out of court at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ross Dolan \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Bundy was one of the nation&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L4SJh7JwdkU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most prolific serial killers<\/a>, with at least 30 women and girls&#8217; deaths linked to him in several states in the 1970s.\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/serial-killer-ted-bundys-dna-used-in-cold-cases\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">In 2011<\/a><\/span>, a vial of Bundy&#8217;s blood \u2014 drawn in 1978 when Bundy was arrested in the death of a 12-year-old girl \u2014 was found in Florida. The full DNA profile was entered into the FBI&#8217;s national database, giving investigators a shot at solving potential cases linked to Bundy.<\/p>\n<p>His murders \u2014 which occurred in sorority houses, parks and elsewhere \u2014 set the nation on edge. Bundy&#8217;s arrest drew widespread fascination, in part because many considered him to be charming and handsome.<\/p>\n<p>Bundy gave a series of confessions in his final days, including to some crimes that were previously unknown to police. Not all of those cases have been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not known when Bundy first began his attacks, but by 1974, young women \u2014 many of them college students \u2014 began disappearing in Washington state. Authorities were still investigating those cases when Bundy <a href=\"https:\/\/historytogo.utah.gov\/brutal-murders-executions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moved to Salt Lake City in September<\/a>\u00a0and began killing people in Utah, Idaho and Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Wilcox, a 16-year-old cheerleader in Salt Lake County, was believed to be one of Bundy&#8217;s first victims in Utah, according to historian Linda Sillitoe. Wilcox disappeared on Oct. 2. High school senior Melissa Smith disappeared near the end of the same month. 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