Bundy DNA to Be Preserved: 'There May Be More Victims'

A half-century-old Utah killing has now been firmly laid at Ted Bundy's feet—and could help expose more of his victims. Detectives say newly analyzed DNA from the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, daughter of then–Midvale police chief Louis Smith, matches evidence that already tied Bundy to the killing of another Utah teen, 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime. That allowed authorities to officially close Smith's case exactly 52 years after her body was found.

Salt Lake County cold-case Detective Ben Pender tells Fox News the Bundy-linked DNA will be preserved and compared with evidence from other unsolved cases, warning "there may be more victims out there." Though not all unsolved cases linked to Bundy have DNA evidence, new technology allows DNA to be extracted even from small and degraded samples, the AP reports. One likely Bundy case still open: the 1974 disappearance of 16-year-old Nancy Wilcox of Utah, whose body has never been found despite his reported confession.