Fifty-Two Years
In 1974, a teenage girl vanished into the night, leaving behind a family desperate for answers and a community searching for the truth. Her body would be discovered days later, but the identity of her killer would remain a mystery for more than five decades. Now, advances in forensic science have finally exposed the infamous monster hiding behind a decades-old secret. Join John Conner as he dives deep into the dark to discuss the murder of Melissa Ann Smith. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?
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This episode of Check the Locks is dedicated, with love, to the memory of our friend Mathew Scott Halliday.
Sources:
Utah teen Melissa Ann Smith killed in 1974 identified as Ted Bundy victim
https://anotherbundyblog.com/2026/05/11/melissa-anne-smith/
Utah cold case closed 52 years later after DNA links Ted Bundy to crime
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