Murder & homicide · 1986 · 1980s

Colin Pitchfork Murders

In 1983 and 1986 Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered two teenage girls in Leicestershire. He became the first person convicted of murder using DNA fingerprinting after a mass screening of local men; he was released on licence in 2021.

This summary is written in our own words from published historical sources. Map locations are approximate. Every case in the archive is at least ten years old.