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Saturday, 19 September 2026

The first murderer caught by DNA evidence

 On 19 September 1987 Colin Pitchfork was arrested at his home in Leicestershire, England. He was the first murderer to be caught by DNA evidence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in January 1988.

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