That confirmed DNA profile is now stored in a national law enforcement database, meaning investigators across multiple states can − for the first time − run old evidence against a confirmed Bundy match, potentially closing cases that families have waited more than 50 years to resolve. It’s really quite amazing that people are even still interested in Laura’s caseInvestigators long suspected that Bundy had killed her. DNA forensic technology has advanced dramatically in recent ­decades and in 2023 Utah’s crime lab received new equipment that reflected this progress. Ted BundyThis allowed them to identify a ­single male DNA profile, which they submitted to a national law enforcement database. Authorities were still investigating those cases when Bundy moved to Salt Lake City and began killing in Utah, Idaho and Colorado.

Source: Irish Independent April 03, 2026 06:29 UTC