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After more than 50 years without a clear answer, a Utah teen's killing is now definitively tied to one of America's most notorious serial killers
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17-year-old Laura Ann Amy disappeared on Halloween night in 1974 after leaving a party alone
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Searchers found her body about a month later. Investigators had long suspected Ted Bundy, but until now they could not prove it
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A jury convicted Bundy of multiple murders in Florida in 1979, and the state executed him in 1989
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Before his death, he confessed to killing 30 women, though investigators believe the number could be far higher
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Although Bundy did claim that he committed the murder of Laura, the confession he gave was deemed to be not enough evidence to close the case
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We can now say without a doubt that Theodore Ted Bundy did in fact murder Laura and Amy in the fall of 1974
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and that law enforcement now has DNA testing results that are compatible with the latest DNA testing standards
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This will make any future DNA test comparison easier for those law enforcement agencies who still have open cases involving Bundy
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Ted Bundy has been linked to killings across a bunch of states, including Utah, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, California, Vermont, and Pennsylvania
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with crimes dating back to at least 1969
