Utah Closes Cold Case, Blames Bundy

0:00It's April 1st. From global headlines to breaking updates, this is Global News Today, powered by AI. Utah officials just closed a 51-year-old cold case on a murder teenager named Laura Aimee, pinning it on serial killer Ted Bundy, thanks to Cutting Edge DNA Tech. The Utah County Sheriff's Office announced this week that tests on evidence from her body nailed Bundy's DNA without a doubt, finally solving the mystery from 1974. Bundy confessed to her killing before his execution in Florida back in 1989, but he gave zero details, so cops kept the file open until they could prove it rock solid. He racked up at least 30 murders across states from 1974 to 1978, charming women in public before luring them to there. Deaths. Sheriff Mike Smith made it official at a news conference, saying the case is done. He even joked that if Bundy were alive today, they'd push for the death penalty again. Aimee was just an outgoing teen who loved horses, hunting, and hanging with her siblings.

1:05At the time, Bundy was crashing in Salt Lake City, pretending to study law at the University of Utah while his killing spree hit the Pacific. Northwest Colorado, Utah, and Florida. He got busted first in 1975 for kidnapping, escaped twice from jail, and kept on murdering till his final capture in 1978. 78. Now with science sealing the deal, this chapter on one of America's worst killers wraps up, bringing some long overdue closure to Aimee's family after decades in the dark.