Fifty-two years after the body of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith was discovered by hunters in Utah, DNA evidence has now confirmed she was a victim of prolific serial killer Ted Bundy. This is the second time this year that investigators have tied Bundy to a murdered Utah teenager—the other being Lisa Ann Aime, who was also murdered in 1974 at 17 years old, just days after Smith. In fact, police and forensic scientists used insights and evidence from Aime’s now-closed case to make the breakthrough on Smith’s case. Melissa Ann Smith Back in April 2026, the Utah State Crime Lab...