DNA links Ted Bundy to murder of 17-year-old Utah girl, sheriff says

[littlemissmartypants]

Source: Reuters

April 1 (Reuters) - Utah officials announced on Wednesday that they were closing a five-decade-old case after finding "definitive proof" that American serial killer Ted Bundy killed a ​17-year-old Utah girl.

The girl, Laura Ann Aime, went missing on the ‌night of October 31, 1974, after leaving a party alone to make a purchase from a convenience store, the Utah County Sheriff's Office said.

Her body was found by two college students ​on Thanksgiving Day that year, according to authorities, who added that her ​body was found tossed several feet from the highway near State ⁠Road 92 in the American Fork Canyon.

"Case evidence similarities indicated that the ​manner of abuse and the likely cause of death was comparable to the modus ​operandi of Theodore 'Ted' Bundy," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/dna-links-ted-bundy-murder-17-year-old-utah-girl-sheriff-says-2026-04-01/

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By Jasper Ward
April 1, 2026
4:56 PM EDT
Updated 4 hours ago

[valleyrogue]

1. He was always suspected of committing the crime.

Now they have the DNA proof of what everybody already knew.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Another psychopath. Just like DJ.

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[calimary]

6. Good to see this list posted again.

Should be posted as often as possible!

Don’t let anybody forget!!!

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Thanks, calimary. I appreciate your encouragement. ❤️

[efhmc]

3. how did that happen? Was his DNA on her or her clothes?

[littlemissmartypants]

5. On her. Collected years ago. Amazing!

[efhmc]

9. It is amazing and thank you for the reply.

[dalton99a]

4. .

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said DNA extracted from semen swabbed from Ms. Aime’s body in 1974 had been entered into a national criminal database. That DNA matched DNA from Mr. Bundy that had been entered into the database in Florida, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/ted-bundy-utah-murder-confirmed.html

[BigmanPigman]

8. Bundy is a psychopath..so is tRump!

I've researched "Sociopath vs Psychopath" many times over the last 20 years and tRump is a psychopath. There IS a difference.

This is very scary since a psychopath is running the US. He will continue to do as he has been doing and he MUST be removed from office ASAP!!!!!

Every member of the House and Senate must bs sued for allowing this to continue for one more day!!!!,

HE MUST BE REMOVED !!!!!!!!!

[3catwoman3]

10. I think he is both. A genetic psychopath who was raised by sociopathic parents.

And the whole world is suffering because of this one fatally flawed individual.

Thanks for nothing, Trump voters.

[DenaliDemocrat]

11. There was a girl in our town that was murdered

That’s unsolved. It’s generally accepted she was a Bundy victim. She was in Colorado, went missing, and was Bundy’s type.

Her murder has never officially attributed to him. The Utah case is not the only one like this.