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Ted Bundy was a prime suspect in her 51-year-old murder. Now cops know who really did it

Source: Moab Police Department

A Utah murder case that Ted Bundy was once a prime suspect in has been solved 51 years later, according to officials.

Investigators say that Doug Chudomelka murdered Ann Woodward in March 1973 at Woody’s Tavern in Moab. Woodward, 46, was the wife of Leslie “Woody” Woodward. Her husband owned the tavern where police say Chudomelka strangled and probably sexually assaulted her.

Investigators say that the suspect died in 2002 at

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