Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to the 1974 murder of a Utah teenager through new DNA testing, according to a report published October 27.
Authorities in Utah scheduled a news conference for Tuesday to pin another decades-old homicide on Bundy.
The Summit County sheriff and county attorney planned to provide information regarding the investigation, the findings that led to this conclusion, and the decision to close the case, the sheriff’s office said.
The victim's name has not been released yet, though the 1974 death of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith has long been listed as a cold case.
Bundy has been dead for nearly 40 years, but his confirmed victim count continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing. He was executed in 1989 in Florida for the 1978 murders of two women at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University.
In April, Utah authorities said Bundy was responsible for the murder of 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime, who disappeared on Halloween in 1974. Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states during the 1970s.
