DNA links serial killer Ted Bundy to unsolved murder of 17-year-old US girl

South China Morning Post Legal & JudicialNews ReportEN 1 min read 100% complete by ReutersApril 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM

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Utah officials have closed the 1974 cold case of Laura Ann Aime, a 17-year-old girl, after definitively linking her murder to serial killer Ted Bundy. Aime disappeared on Halloween night in Utah County after leaving a party. Her body was discovered near State Road 92 on Thanksgiving Day. The Utah County Sheriff's Office stated that similarities in the case evidence pointed to Bundy's modus operandi. Bundy, who was executed in Florida in 1989 for the murder of a 12-year-old girl, had previously bragged about killing at least 100 women.

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Bundy was executed in Florida in 1989 for the murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.

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The Utah County Sheriff’s office has definitive proof that Theodore “Ted” Bundy murdered Laura Ann Aime in 1974.

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Her body was found by two college students on Thanksgiving Day that year.

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Laura Ann Aime went missing on October 31, 1974, after leaving a party alone.

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Utah officials closed a five-decade-old case after finding definitive proof that Ted Bundy killed Laura Ann Aime.

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Spanish Fork 30% Mike Smith 35% Michelle Impala 35% Kimberly Leach 40% Florida 50% Utah ×370% Utah County Sheriff’s Office ×275% Laura Ann Aime ×585% Ted Bundy ×595%

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