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Ted Bundy

Melissa Anne Smith

Friday Oct 18, 1974
Midvale, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

On October 18, Melissa Anne Smith—the 17-year-old daughter of the police chief of Midvale (another Salt Lake City suburb)—disappeared after leaving a pizza parlor. Her nude body was found in a nearby mountainous area nine days later. Postmortem examination indicated that she may have remained alive for up to seven days following her disappearance.


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