Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl
3 sources·Updated October 28, 2026
Ted Bundy DNA investigation
Covered by 3 sources
- SBS World·4h agoA 50-year-old cold case has finally been solved. The answer led to a notorious serial killer
Investigators say the 1974 death of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith shared Bundy’s favoured "pattern, motive, means and opportunity".
Read at SBS World → - Guardian World·7h agoSerial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl
Discovery 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 Melissa Ann Smith, a 17-year-old Utah girl who went missing…
Read at Guardian World → - 7NEWS Australia·9h agoSerial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through DNA testing
‘With every case closure, may we stomp the memory of Ted Bundy out’.
Read at 7NEWS Australia →
