Utah teen identified as victim of serial killer Ted Bundy

DNA testing has definitively linked the 1975 murder of Utah teenager Laura Ann Aime to serial killer Ted Bundy, solving a cold case that remained unsolved for 51 years. Aime, 17, was found dead in American Fork Canyon near Salt Lake City decades ago, but investigators lacked the forensic tools to confirm Bundy's involvement until now. The identification adds another confirmed victim to Bundy's documented victims and provides closure to Aime's family more than five decades after her death. Bundy, who was executed in 1989, confessed to numerous murders across multiple states during his criminal spree in the 1970s, though many cases remained unconfirmed until modern DNA analysis became available. The case demonstrates how advances in forensic science continue to resolve decades-old homicides and establish definitive links between suspects and victims.