犹他州帕克城——当局周二宣布，DNA将连环杀手泰德·邦迪与一名犹他州少女的死亡联系起来，此时距离一名猎人发现她的尸体已过去50多年。
PARK CITY, Utah — DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter.
邦迪已于1989年死亡，但由于DNA检测技术的进步，他被确认的受害者人数仍在不断增加。他在1970年代于多个州杀害了至少30名妇女和女孩，还有更多人逃脱或受伤幸存。
Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing. He killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states in the 1970s, and many more escaped or survived with injuries.
犹他州萨米特县检察官表示，调查人员确信邦迪应对1974年杀害17岁的梅丽莎·安·史密斯负责，这起死亡案件长期以来一直被列为悬案。
“这起案件证明了保存证据的重要性，”盐湖城县治安官罗西·里维拉说。
The Summit County, Utah, prosecutor said investigators are satisfied that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case.“This case demonstrates the importance of preserving evidence,” said Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera.
犹他县治安官办公室的雷诺兹警长确认，劳拉·艾梅和梅丽莎·史密斯两案之间存在相似之处。确认邦迪身份的DNA来自Y染色体，这种染色体仅存在于男性身上。在史密斯尸检中获得的证据里发现了高度相似的DNA图谱。官员们已与史密斯的近亲取得联系，他们中没有人仍居住在该地区。
Sergeant Reynolds with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office identified there were similarities between the Laura Aime and Melissa Smith cases. DNA that identified Bundy was from the Y-chromosome, which is only present in men. A highly similar DNA profile was found in evidence obtained from Smith’s autopsy. Officials have been in touch with Smith’s next of kin, none of whom still live in the area.
官员们证实，从另一名受害者身上提取的DNA证据与史密斯的尸体相匹配。犹他县官员于10月7日向萨米特县治安官办公室提交了DNA证据。
“随着每一起案件的结案，愿我们将泰德·邦迪的记忆彻底抹去，”参与调查的犹他县治安官办公室的迈克·雷诺兹警长说。
Officials confirm DNA evidence recovered from another victim matched Smith’s body. Utah County officials presented the DNA evidence to the Summit County Sheriff’s office on Oct. 7.“With every case closure, may we stomp the memory of Ted Bundy out,” said Sergeant Mike Reynolds with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, who participated in the investigation.
邦迪因1978年在佛罗里达州立大学奇欧米加姐妹会会所杀害两名女性，于1989年在佛罗里达州被处以电椅死刑。
Bundy was executed in 1989 by electric chair in Florida for the 1978 murders of two women at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University.
邦迪在生命最后的日子里做出了一系列供述，其中包括一些警方此前未知的罪行。并非所有这些案件都已得到证实。
Bundy gave a series of confessions in his final days, including to some crimes that were previously unknown to police. Not all of those cases have been confirmed.