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littlemissmartypants

(33,637 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:17 PM 6 hrs ago

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

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/



By Jasper Ward
April 1, 2026
4:56 PM EDT
Updated 4 hours ago
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DNA links Ted Bundy to murder of 17-year-old Utah girl, sheriff says (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago OP
He was always suspected of committing the crime. valleyrogue 6 hrs ago #1
Another psychopath. Just like DJ. littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #2
Good to see this list posted again. calimary 4 hrs ago #6
Thanks, calimary. I appreciate your encouragement. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #7
how did that happen? Was his DNA on her or her clothes? efhmc 6 hrs ago #3
On her. Collected years ago. Amazing! littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #5
. dalton99a 6 hrs ago #4
Bundy is a psychopath..so is tRump! BigmanPigman 4 hrs ago #8

valleyrogue

(2,716 posts)
1. He was always suspected of committing the crime.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:26 PM
6 hrs ago

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

littlemissmartypants

(33,637 posts)
2. Another psychopath. Just like DJ.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:35 PM
6 hrs ago
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

(90,039 posts)
6. Good to see this list posted again.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:30 AM
4 hrs ago

Should be posted as often as possible!

Don’t let anybody forget!!!

dalton99a

(94,140 posts)
4. .
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:54 PM
6 hrs ago
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

(55,171 posts)
8. Bundy is a psychopath..so is tRump!
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:39 AM
4 hrs ago

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 !!!!!!!!!

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