Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another 1970s homicide
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- The Guardian Worldseen 30 Oct, 11:13headline rewritten
Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girlDNA links serial killer Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of Utah girl
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Tue, 27 October 2026
10 reports- kwtx.com15:57first to report
Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through new DNA testing, prosecutor says.
- Google News - Top Stories18:45
Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 murder through DNA testing AP News Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl The Guardian Utah Investigators Link Teenager’s 1974 Death to Ted Bundy The New York Times Police, courts to close 1975 cold case murder investigation KSL Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Index.hr (Croatia)19:10
DNK ANALIZA je, 52 godine nakon zločina, povezala serijskog ubojicu Teda Bundyja s ubojstvom 17-godišnje Melisse Ann Smith u Utahu 1974. Slučaj je riješen zahvaljujući sačuvanim dokazima.
- South China Morning Post19:24
DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced on Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. 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. Investigators are satisfied that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old...
- Google News - Top Stories19:35
Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos See more headlines & perspectives on Google News
- PBS NewsHour20:01
DNA connections between Melissa Ann Smith and another Bundy victim helped close the case.
- ABC News (Australia)20:34
Bundy was executed in 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing.
- winnipegfreepress.com22:03
Ted Bundy
- El País (Spain)23:42
El hallazgo fue posible gracias a una muestra de ADN conservada para identificar a otras posibles víctimas
- The Guardian World23:52edited after publishing
previously
Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girlDiscovery comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed that Bundy had killed another Utah girl that year The notorious serial killer Ted Bundy has been found responsible, through DNA evidence, for the murder of a 17-year-old Utah girl who went missing in 1974 before her nude body was found days later, state authorities announced at a Tuesday news conference. The breakthrough in the investigation of Melissa Ann Smith’s death comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed in April...
Wed, 28 October 2026
2 reports- Der Spiegel (Germany)08:50
Mindestens 30 Frauen und Mädchen tötete Ted Bundy. Jetzt konnte ihm auch der Mord an einer Polizistentochter in Utah im Jahr 1974 zugeschrieben werden.
- RMF24 (Poland)11:39
Przełom po 52 latach. Nowe badanie DNA ujawniło kolejną ofiarę seryjnego zabójcy Teda Bundy’ego