DNA testing confirms Ted Bundy killed Utah teen in 1974 cold case

The case of a Utah teenager murdered more than 50 years ago is finally closed after authorities said Wednesday that DNA evidence confirmed she was a victim of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy.

The case of a Utah teenager murdered more than 50 years ago is finally closed after authorities said Wednesday that DNA evidence confirmed she was a victim of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy.

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Laura Ann Aime, 17, was last seen at a Halloween party on Oct. 31, 1974. She left the party to do a convenience store run and never returned, according to the Utah County Sheriff's Office.

Ted Bundy stares out at the photographer during the second day of jury selection in his murder trial in Miami, Fla., on June 27, 1979.AP fileHikers found the woman's body about a month later, down an embankment just off a mountain road. It appeared she had been strangled and severely beaten, the office said.