29.10.2026 14:55
In the US state of Utah, advanced DNA analyses determined that the killer of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, who was murdered in 1974, was serial killer Ted Bundy. Authorities, recalling that it was determined in April that Laura Ann Aime's murder also belonged to Bundy, reported that other files in the state that could be connected to Bundy are also being examined.
The killer of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, who was murdered in Utah in 1974, has been identified as Ted Bundy as a result of DNA testing.
According to reports in the US press, authorities in Utah announced that the murder, which had remained unsolved for nearly 52 years, was solved using advanced DNA analysis methods.
LINK ESTABLISHED BETWEEN TWO MURDERS
Recalling that in April it was determined that Laura Ann Aime had also been killed by Bundy, authorities stated that evidence obtained from that murder case was compared with DNA samples taken from Smith's body.
As a result of the examinations, authorities linked the two murders and concluded that Bundy was also responsible for Smith's murder.
Authorities announced that other murder cases in the state that may be linked to Bundy are also being examined.
HER BODY WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA
The body of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, the daughter of a local police chief, was found by a hunter in a wooded area on October 27, 1974, and examinations determined that the young woman had been subjected to sexual abuse and torture.
HE HAD CONFESSED TO KILLING 30 PEOPLE
Ted Bundy, described as one of the most dangerous serial killers in US history, confessed to killing 30 people between 1974 and 1978 and was executed in Florida in 1989.