- Summit County, Utah, authorities announced that serial killer Ted Bundy has been linked to another unsolved murder from the 1970s.
- Law enforcement officials are scheduled to disclose details of the investigation and formally close the cold case at a news conference on Tuesday.
- While authorities have not yet publicly named the victim, the 1974 death of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith has long remained an open case in the area.
- The breakthrough follows the April confirmation that Bundy killed Laura Ann Aime in 1974, as advancing DNA technology continues to identify his victims.
- Bundy murdered at least 30 women and girls across multiple states before he was executed in Florida in 1989.
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