Episode 505: Child Killer Colin Pitchfork – First Killer Caught with DNA
Colin Pitchfork is a British child murderer and rapist born on March 23, 1960, who became infamous as the first person in the world convicted of rape and murder using DNA profiling. A baker from Leicestershire, England, he raped and strangled two 15-year-old girls—Lynda Mann in Narborough in November 1983 and Dawn Ashworth in Enderby in July 1986—both attacks occurring along secluded footpaths near his home. Pitchfork had a history of sexual offenses, including indecent exposure, and even coerced a colleague into providing a fake blood sample during the initial DNA mass screening of local…
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