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Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to teenage girl's murder after 52 years
Authorities in Utah used advanced DNA technology to solve the cold case decades after the notorious killer was executed.
Read at BBC NewsUtah officials tie Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Smith
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Source context: Law enforcement officials in Utah linked the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith to serial killer Ted Bundy on Tuesday, closing the cold case of the murder 52 years after her body was found. Summit County and Salt Lake County investigators led the investigation into the …
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Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl
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Utah officials tie Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Smith
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Ted Bundy linked to 1974 death of Melissa Ann Smith
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Serial 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 yearThe 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 in 1974 before her nude body was found days later, state authorities announced at…
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Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to teenage girl's murder after 52 years
Authorities in Utah used advanced DNA technology to solve the cold case decades after the notorious killer was executed.
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Ted Bundy linked to 1974 death of Melissa Ann Smith
Police used DNA to link serial killer Ted Bundy to the cold case of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, killed 52 years ago.
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Utah officials tie Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Smith
Law enforcement officials in Utah linked the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith to serial killer Ted Bundy on Tuesday, closing the cold case of the murder 52 years after her body was found. Summit County and Salt Lake County investigators led the investigation into the murder since it first opened, but recently partnered…