Child Snatcher: Who Took Lynda & Dawn?

5 HD

10:00 PM to 11:05 PM

Monday 15 December

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Part one of two. In 1983, the quiet Leicestershire village of Narborough was shattered by the rape and murder of 15-year-old Lynda Mann. Three years later, teenager Dawn Ashworth was found dead in the same county in eerily similar circumstances. Detectives involved in the original investigation recount the painstaking work that led to an unprecedented scientific breakthrough when DNA profiling was used for the first time to eliminate a suspect - and eventually identify perpetrator Colin Pitchfork. Through archive footage and firsthand accounts, this documentary unravels how one of the most groundbreaking forensic investigations in history brought a serial killer to justice-and forever changed criminal investigations worldwide