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Ted Bundy linked to 1974 cold case death of Utah teen via DNA

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Authorities have linked serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, Melissa Ann Smith, who disappeared in 1974. Advances in DNA testing allowed investigators to connect Bundy, who died in 1989, to the cold case decades after Smith's body was discovered. Bundy was responsible for the deaths of at least 30 women and girls across multiple states in the 1970s. AI

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Ted Bundy linked to 1974 cold case death of Utah teen via DNA

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Associated Press ·

    Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to death of US teen after over 50 years

    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 advance…

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