What we know
What we know: Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide
Compiled Oct 27
What we know
- Utah authorities are holding a news conference Tuesday to connect Ted Bundy to another decades-old homicide
- The Summit County sheriff and county attorney are providing information on the investigation and decision to close the case
- Melissa Ann Smith, 17, died in 1974 and has long been listed as a local cold case
- Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states in the 1970s
- In April, Utah authorities said Bundy was responsible for the murder of Laura Ann Aime, 17, who disappeared on Halloween 1974
- Bundy was executed in 1989 by electric chair in Florida for the 1978 murders of two women at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University
What we don’t know yet
- The victim's name in the case being announced Tuesday has not been released yet
- Not all of the crimes Bundy confessed to in his final days have been confirmed
Open questions
- Who is the victim in the case being announced at Tuesday's news conference?
- What specific findings or evidence led authorities to conclude Bundy was responsible?
- Are there other unconfirmed cases from Bundy's final confessions that could still be verified?
- Why did it take until now for this case to be closed?
Drawn from the Associated Press report. “What we don’t know” lists only what the reporting itself flags as unresolved.