Ted Bundy linked to another decades-old homicide nearly 40 years after his execution

Utah authorities have identified notorious serial killer Ted Bundy as the killer of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, closing a homicide investigation 52 years to the day after her body was discovered.

Smith's body was found by hunters on Oct. 27, 1974, in a wooded area near the border of Summit and Salt Lake counties. Despite years of speculation, authorities never officially named a suspect and the case remained open for more than five decades.

The breakthrough came after DNA evidence...