Ted Bundy unmasked in decades-old teen murder as cold case finally solved by DNA: report

A Utah teen recovered dormant much than 50 years agone has been named arsenic yet different unfortunate of notorious serial slayer Ted Bundy. 

Authorities said Wednesday that DNA helped nexus Bundy to the sidesplitting of Laura Ann Aime. The 17-year-old vanished aft leaving a Halloween enactment to bargain cigarettes connected Oct. 31, 1974, according to KTVX. 

Her assemblage was discovered by hikers successful an embankment adjacent American Fork Canyon roadworthy conscionable days later.

"Laura didn’t unrecorded with the household astatine the time," Aime’s niece, Tara Stucki, told the outlet past year. "She was benignant of a escaped tone and was disconnected with friends astatine the time."

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Laura Ann Aime, 17, has been identified arsenic a unfortunate of notorious slayer Ted Bundy aft she disappeared and was aboriginal recovered dormant successful Utah successful 1974. (Utah Department of Public Safety)

Investigators determined Aime had been raped, strangled and murdered, KTVX reported.

For respective decades, authorities pointed to Bundy arsenic the premier fishy successful Aime’s death, noting helium began studying instrumentality astatine the University of Utah conscionable 2 months earlier her disappearance.

Bundy had allegedly "approached [Aime] aggregate times before" and "kind of stalked her earlier taking her," Stucki told KTVX.

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Ted Bundy antecedently confessed to a full of 28 murders, but investigators judge helium could beryllium liable for hundreds of killings. (Bettmann Archive via Getty Images)

However, Bundy reportedly failed to callback if Aime was among his victims portion confessing to respective homicides passim Utah. 

The enigma surrounding Aime’s decease laic dormant for 51 years, until investigators with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office utilized caller DNA exertion to nexus Bundy to Aime’s killing. 

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Ted Bundy sits successful a courtroom successful Miami, Florida connected July 13, 1979.  (Bettmann Archive via Getty Images)

"We bring this lawsuit to a closure and much importantly closure to the Aime family," Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith said astatine a quality league Wednesday morning, according to FOX 13.

Investigators obtained a antheral DNA illustration utilizing bodily fluids recovered connected Aime’s remains pursuing caller testing, KTVX reported. 

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The familial illustration was reportedly input into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a nationalist DNA database, which provided a lucifer successful Florida.

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Following further analysis, investigators were capable to nexus the DNA illustration to Bundy. 

Aime is believed to beryllium Bundy’s 3rd unfortunate successful Utah.

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The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has since shared the DNA illustration with different departments successful hopes of uncovering much of Bundy’s victims, with authorities reportedly adding they judge the improvement volition supply a solution to different acold lawsuit – though nary further details were provided. 

Bundy has agelong been linked to the killings of respective women successful Florida, Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Washington from 1974 to 1978.

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He antecedently confessed to a full of 28 murders, but investigators judge helium could beryllium liable for hundreds of killings. 

Bundy was convicted and sentenced to decease for the execution of 2 Florida assemblage students successful 1979, and received different decease condemnation successful 1980 for the rape and execution of a 12-year-old girl.

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He was executed by Florida’s electrical seat successful 1989. 

"I cognize that she would beryllium truly blessed to cognize that [her case] has been closed," Michelle Impala, Aime’s younger sister, said Wednesday, according to KTVX.

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"And conscionable to cognize that Ted Bundy is, like, gnashing his teeth successful hellhole is truly – I don’t know. I hatred to deliberation of radical doing that, but with him and a fewer different radical successful the world, that’s what they deserve."

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.