New DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, the local sheriff’s office said Wednesday. Laura Ann Aime, 17, went missing Halloween night 51 years ago after she left a party alone to head to a convenience store. About a month later, her body was found on the side of a highway, bound, beaten and without clothing. Investigators had long suspected Bundy was responsible; he verbally acknowledged his culpability leading up to his execution. Bundy was one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers, with at least 30 women and girls’ deaths linked to him in multiple states during the 1970s. His gruesome murders set the nation on edge, with Bundy’s arrest drawing widespread fascination due to his perceived charm and good looks. At the time of Aime’s murder, Bundy was residing in Salt Lake City and was a law student at the University of Utah. Utah County sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Reynolds expressed empathy toward Aime's family, stating, 'We felt the pain the family feels when she was taken. We felt the pain that you felt this whole entire time, and we’ve had the desire to deliver to you some type of healing, we can’t really say closure.'}
New DNA Evidence Links 1974 Utah Teen's Death to Ted Bundy
The unsolved case of Laura Ann Aime, a teenager who disappeared in 1974, has been definitively linked to serial killer Ted Bundy through new DNA testing.
The Utah County sheriff's office announced that DNA evidence has confirmed the connection between the murder of Laura Ann Aime, who vanished in 1974, and Ted Bundy, one of America’s most notorious serial killers. Aime, 17, went missing after leaving a party and was found dead weeks later. Bundy, who was a law student in Salt Lake City at the time, had long been a suspect in Aime’s murder, and investigators are now bringing closure to a case that has haunted the community for decades.
