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Cold case solved: DNA links serial killer Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of Utah teen

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Cold case solved: DNA links serial killer Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of Utah teen
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Fifty-two years to the day her body was found, detectives are closing the investigation into the murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith. DNA evidence identified Bundy as the killer, investigators revealed Tuesday.

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