Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
9
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Authorities in Utah have used advanced DNA technology to link notorious serial killer Ted Bundy to the murder of a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered by hunters 52 years ago.
asserted
body → publish → hunters
Melissa Ann Smith, the daughter of a local police chief, was found on 27 October 1974 with signs of rape and torture.
asserted
Smith → find → rape
In April, Utah officials identified teenager Laura Ann Aime as another of Bundy's victims.
asserted
officials → identify → victims
Evidence gathered from that case was subsequently used to help solve Smith's case.
asserted
Evidence → gather → case
Before his death by execution in 1989, Bundy had confessed to killing two other teenage girls in Utah.
asserted
Bundy → confess → Utah
He has been linked to at least 30 murders across the US.
asserted
He → link → US
At a press conference on Tuesday, Utah County Sgt Mike Reynolds said there were more Bundy cases still being examined in the state.
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Reynolds → say → state
"With every case closure may we stomp the memory of Ted Bundy out," he said.
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he → stomp → Bundy
Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera added that the case should be a sign to other cold case victims "that there is hope out there".
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case → add → victims
"Every single day forensics is changing and we have the ability to take a look at these cases again and again," she said.
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she → change → cases
She also praised detectives for preserving evidence from the case for so long, saying it "demonstrates the need to preserve evidence even when decades pass".
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decades → praise → evidence
In April, the director of the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services told the Salt Lake Tribune, there were 444 unsolved death investigations in the state, including 258 homicides.
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director → tell → homicides
Bundy is among America's most infamous serial killers, and began his spree by attacking victims throughout the US Pacific north-west.
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Bundy → begin → west
Known to often approach women in public places, he would gain their trust with his charm or a fake injury, and then lure them to secluded areas and kill them.
asserted
he → know → them
He was first arrested in 1975 for kidnapping a woman and sentenced to 15 years in jail.
asserted
He → arrest → jail
But in 1977 he escaped by jumping out of a prison library window.
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he → escape → window
He was recaptured for eight days and then escaped again, continuing to kill until he was finally caught in 1978.
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he → recapture → 1978
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