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Who picked it up when
Fox News mentioned it first (Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 2 hours later, least biased outlets 3 hours later.
One row per source with a matching article, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.
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Results
7 articles mention Ted Bundy in the last 7 days (Oct 21 to Oct 27).
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| UPI | Utah county links 1974 cold case to serial killer Ted BundyUPI Summit County, Utah, closed a cold case from 1974 on Tuesday, linking the death of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith to serial killer Ted Bundy. | 0.90● | |
| Washington Examiner | Utah officials tie Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa SmithWashington Examiner Law enforcement officials in Utah linked the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith to serial killer Ted Bundy on Tuesday, closing the cold case of the murder 52 years after her body was found. Summit County and Salt Lake County investigators led the investigation into the murder since it first opened, but recently partnered […] | 0.80● | |
| The Washington Times | Utah authorities say DNA links 17-year-old killed in 1974 to Ted BundyThe Washington Times A cold case involving a 17-year-old girl who died more than 50 years ago is being linked to serial killer Ted Bundy. | 0.90● | |
| PBS NewsHour | Authorities say serial killer Ted Bundy is responsible for the 1974 murder of another Utah teenage girlPBS NewsHour DNA connections between Melissa Ann Smith and another Bundy victim helped close the case. | 0.90● | |
| CBS News | Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah girl's cold case murderCBS News A Utah prosecutor said Ted Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case. | 0.90● | |
| NewsNation | Ted Bundy linked to 1974 death of Melissa Ann SmithNewsNation Police used DNA to link serial killer Ted Bundy to the cold case of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, killed 52 years ago. | 0.90● | |
| Fox News | Ted Bundy expected to be linked to another decades-old homicide nearly 40 years after his executionFox News DNA evidence is expected to link Ted Bundy to another decades-old Utah homicide, months after the same technology tied him to Laura Ann Aime's killing. | 0.90● |
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Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories in the last 7 days that match the query, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
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| PBS NewsHour | 0.7% | 1 | 154 |
| UPI | 0.6% | 1 | 162 |
| NewsNation | 0.6% | 1 | 161 |
| CBS News | 0.2% | 1 | 465 |
| Washington Examiner | 0.3% | 1 | 330 |
| The Washington Times | 0.3% | 1 | 380 |
| Fox News | 0.1% | 1 | 722 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning5 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Lean index +1.0: covered about evenly across the spectrum
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that match the query. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
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3 sources have no MBFC bias score and are not shown.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.