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DNA breakthrough links Ted Bundy to another 52-year-old cold case

Headline from The Oregonian, on the newest of 2 developments

DNA evidence has linked Ted Bundy to the 1974 killing of Utah teen Smith, helping investigators close a 52-year-old cold case.

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Developments in this update

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  1. Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another death after 52 years

    Headline from The Oregonian ·

  2. Newest

    DNA breakthrough links Ted Bundy to another 52-year-old cold case

    Headline from The Oregonian ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

83 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Utah authorities connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Theodore Bundy, charged with the killings of FSU coeds Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy who were beaten and strangled at the Chi Omega House.

  2. KAAL Rochester

    Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 killing through DNA testing (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    KAAL Rochester's feed description

    Authorities have connected serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager through DNA evidence. Tuesday's announcement comes exactly 52 years after her body was discovered. Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in the 1970s. He was executed in 1989.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through DNA testing (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Authorities have connected serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager through DNA evidence. Tuesday's announcement comes exactly 52 years after her body was discovered. Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in the 1970s. He was executed in 1989.

  4. WDIO Duluth

    Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy. The Summit County sheriff's office says it will release information Tuesday about the latest findings and its decision to close the case.

  5. Independent Journal Review

    Utah to close decades-old case linking Ted Bundy to 1970s killing (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    Utah authorities say DNA evidence has linked serial killer Ted Bundy to another decades-old murder in Summit County and are closing the case. Officials have not yet publicly identified the victim, though 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, killed in 1974, is a long-standing possibility; the finding follo…

  6. ABC 4 Utah

    Summit County connects cold case to serial killer Ted Bundy (opens ABC 4 Utah)

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    ABC 4 Utah's feed description

    On Tuesday, Summit County is speaking on a cold case that they say can be attributed to prominent serial killer Ted Bundy.

  7. WFLA

    Authorities connect serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide (opens WFLA)

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    WFLA's feed description

    Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference Tuesday to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy.

  8. FOX 8 Cleveland

    Ted Bundy connected to another 1970s homicide (opens FOX 8 Cleveland)

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    FOX 8 Cleveland's feed description

    Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference Tuesday to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy.

  9. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another homicide (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference Tuesday to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy.

  10. Fox News

    Ted Bundy expected to be linked to another decades-old homicide nearly 40 years after his execution (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    DNA evidence is expected to link Ted Bundy to another decades-old Utah homicide, months after the same technology tied him to Laura Ann Aime's killing.

  11. Local News 8

    WATCH LIVE: Decades-Old Homicide Solved: Utah authorities point to Ted Bundy (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Utah authorities are scheduled to hold a press conference on Tuesday, October 27, to announce the closure of a decades-old homicide case linked to serial killer Ted Bundy.

  12. Q13fox

    Utah authorities connect WA serial killer Ted Bundy to 1970s homicide (opens Q13fox)

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    Q13fox's feed description

    Authorities in Utah announced Tuesday that another decades-old cold case homicide has been officially linked to infamous serial killer Ted Bundy.

  13. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide | LIVE (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy.

  14. Cowboy State Daily

    Another Utah Bundy Victim Confirmed Using Breakthrough DNA Testing (opens Cowboy State Daily)

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    Cowboy State Daily's feed description

    More than 50 years after a 17-year-old Utah girl was killed, officials confirmed Tuesday that Melissa Smith is conclusively linked to notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. The announcement comes on the 52nd anniversary of the day her nude body was discovered.

  15. WHDH Boston

    Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through new DNA testing, prosecutor says (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through new DNA testing, prosecutor says. THIS IS...

  16. Anchorage Daily News

    Utah authorities connect serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing.

  17. CBS News

    Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah girl's cold case murder (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A Utah prosecutor said Ted Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case.

  18. Tampa Bay Times

    Florida executed Ted Bundy 37 years ago. Cops now connect him to another murder (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    Tampa Bay Times's feed description

    PARK CITY, Utah — DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, more than 50 years after her body was discovered 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…

  19. News Nation Now

    Ted Bundy linked to 1974 death of Melissa Ann Smith (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    Police used DNA to link serial killer Ted Bundy to the cold case of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, killed 52 years ago.

  20. New York Post

    Ted Bundy connected to 1974 murder of 17-year-old girl in Utah by DNA evidence: police (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter.

  21. Salt Lake Tribune

    The 1974 death of a Midvale teen has been solved. Serial killer Ted Bundy did it, authorities say. (opens Salt Lake Tribune)

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    Salt Lake Tribune's feed description

    The case of Melissa Ann Smith is the second Utah cold case linked to serial killer Ted Bundy that investigators have closed this year, using new DNA technology to connect him to the decades-old killings.

  22. BBC News

    Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to teenage girl's murder after 52 years (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    Authorities in Utah used advanced DNA technology to solve the cold case decades after the notorious killer was executed.

  23. PBS NewsHour

    Authorities say serial killer Ted Bundy is responsible for the 1974 murder of another Utah teenage girl (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    DNA connections between Melissa Ann Smith and another Bundy victim helped close the case.

  24. WKBN Youngstown

    Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 murder through DNA testing (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    WKBN Youngstown's feed description

    DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter.

  25. Deseret News

    Ted Bundy tied to 1974 Utah cold case homicide (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    DNA has definitively linked serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1974 murder in Utah of a 17-year-old girl in Summit County.

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