DNA links Ted Bundy to a 52-year-old cold-case murder
Authorities have concluded that Ted Bundy was responsible for the murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, whose body was found by hunters in a wooded area in Salt Lake County, Utah, in 1974.
Investigators say an YSTR (Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat analysis) DNA profile extracted from a biological sample recovered from Smith’s body was a “direct match” for Bundy’s profile on file in Florida.
Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson said: “This DNA evidence, when considered alongside evidence related to pattern, motive, means, and opportunity, establishes that Ted Bundy was responsible for Melissa Ann Smith’s murder.”
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