Modern forensics has finally closed a fifty year old cold case by definitively linking serial killer Ted Bundy to the murder of seventeen year old Laura Ann Aime. Utah County authorities held a news conference on April 2, 2026, to announce that new DNA testing confirmed the connection, providing a final resolution to one of the state’s most haunting mysteries.
Laura Ann Aime vanished on Halloween night in 1974 while walking in Murray, Utah. Her body was discovered on Thanksgiving Day in American Fork Canyon, where she had been beaten and bound. At the time of the murder, Bundy was living in Salt Lake City and attending law school at the University of Utah, a period during which he is now known to have committed several of his most notorious crimes.
While Bundy had actually confessed to killing Aime shortly before his execution in 1989, the case remained technically open because there was no physical evidence to verify his claims. Investigators preserved biological material from the 1974 crime scene, which was recently re-examined using advanced genetic testing techniques that were unavailable during the initial investigation or at the time of Bundy’s death.
The match provides long awaited confirmation for the victim’s family and the Utah law enforcement community. Authorities noted that while Bundy cannot be prosecuted further, solving the case serves as a reminder of the power of modern science in seeking justice for victims of cold cases. This discovery officially removes Laura Ann Aime from the list of unsolved homicides in Utah, ending over five decades of uncertainty.