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DEVELOPING · 27 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 5 EDITIONS · 63 OUTLETS

DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to 1974 killing of Utah teenager

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 31 63 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 28 Oct 00:12 UTC · DNA Links Ted Bundy to 1974 Killing of Utah Teenager Melissa Ann Smith 28 Oct 06:10 UTC · DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to Utah teenager’s 1974 murder 28 Oct 18:14 UTC · DNA Evidence Links Ted Bundy to 1974 Killing of Utah Teenager 29 Oct 18:19 UTC · DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to 1974 killing of Utah teenager

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 28 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    DNA Links Ted Bundy to 1974 Killing of Utah Teenager Melissa Ann Smith

  2. 28 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to Utah teenager’s 1974 murder

  3. 28 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    DNA Evidence Links Ted Bundy to 1974 Killing of Utah Teenager

  4. 29 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to 1974 killing of Utah teenager

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.