2 outlets · filed 27 October 2026
DNA links serial killer Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of Utah girl
Discovery comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed that Bundy had killed another Utah girl that year The notorious serial killer Ted Bundy has been found responsible, through DNA evidence, for the murder of a 17-year-old Utah girl who went missing in 1974 before her nude body was found da
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Both outlets foreground the same news hook: DNA evidence linking Ted Bundy to the 1974 killing of a Utah teenager. The Guardian US adds that this comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed Bundy killed another Utah girl that year, a detail not mentioned in CNN’s extract. CNN’s framing is slightly more general, stressing that Utah authorities are citing DNA in a cold case that was open for more than 50 years.
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