Rachel Sharp

Not long afterwards.

So while he was in prison, after he'd been convicted of murdering a little girl, he was able to have a conjugal visit and conceive what we believe is his only child.

So it really did become a spectacle and just an absolute circus when, you know, this man had murdered multiple, multiple people and managed to turn the courtroom into such a circus.

Yes.

I mean, obviously, since 1989, he has been believed to be her killer, but it wasn't yet confirmed.

And then now there has been a big break in the case and that they've been able to use advanced DNA technology that wasn't available at the time and identify some fluids found on her remains to Ted Bundy.

The way investigators have explained that it worked, they were able to separate mixed DNA profiles found on the victim to then get a single male profile.

And then that profile was checked against all the profiles on file for different people, and it came back a match to Ted Bundy.

So not only has he now, you know, been confirmed to be Laura's murderer, but investigators said that this is kind of only the beginning, really, that they now have a full profile for one of the most infamous serial killers.

They now have that on file, you know, a good sample of his DNA.

So that can be now used by police agencies all across the country to see if there are any other cases that are yet to be solved that are also tied to him.

And, you know, as much as this was, you know, a great step forward for Laura and her family, they did suggest that they are expected to have another announcement in the near future that there is possibly another victim that they will soon have identified and confirmed as belonging to Bundy in the not too distant future.

So Laura's family, her sister, Michelle Impala, she was just 12 years old when her sibling was murdered.

And she's spoken out over the years.

She's really kept attention on her sister's case and, you know, made sure that people know that she was an amazing sister.

She was a great older sister and really looked out for her and the other sisters that she loved animals that, you know, they really loved growing up together on the farm and, you know, really making sure that her story was shared.

So she joined investigators at the press conference announcing this big break.

And she said that, you know, she thinks her sister would be really happy to know that the case was no longer cold.

She also had a scathing comment for Ted Bundy saying that she's glad to know that he is, quote, gnashing his teeth in hell.

So there's clearly a lot of anger and upset there at what he put her 17-year-old sister through and, you know, what the family has gone through for the last however many years, not knowing what she went through in those final moments.