Ted Bundy Forgotten DNA Evidence

In the summer of 2011, authorities finally created a modern DNA profile of serial killer Ted Bundy after discovering vials of his blood taken in 1978 that had been forgotten in a Florida crime lab. The blood had originally been collected during Bundy’s prosecution for the 1978 Florida murders, but the samples were never fully processed for DNA analysis. Investigators sent the rediscovered evidence for testing and uploaded Bundy’s genetic profile into the FBI’s national DNA database, CODIS. The step ensured that the notorious serial killer’s DNA could be compared against unsolved crimes across the United States.

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