April 1, 2026

SPANISH FORK, Utah (KUTV) — The death of a Lehi teen has been definitely connected to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.

Laura Ann Aime was 17 when she first went missing on Halloween night in 1974. Her body was found by hikers less than a month later, undressed and in an embankment near American Fork Canyon Road.

Her case was listed by the Utah Department of Public Safety as an unsolved homicide. While at the time it could not be definitively proven, Bundy confessed to her death on the evening before his execution.

 

Decades after Laura Ann Aime’s tragic disappearance on Halloween night 1974, the chilling truth has finally been locked in—Ted Bundy, the notorious serial killer, is officially tied to her brutal murder, Utah County authorities declared in a stunning breakthrough. The 17-year-old’s body, discovered near American Fork Canyon Road, had long haunted investigators, her case an unsolved nightmare—until cutting-edge forensic science finally crushed all doubts and confirmed Bundy’s confession from the eve of his execution. Sheriff Mike Smith vowed justice would have been relentless had Bundy still roamed free, closing a dark chapter in Utah’s history once and for all.

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