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141. Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth - The Pathway Murders
🕑 Added 2022-12-04 16:00:06 +0000 UTCOn this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss the first case to ever use DNA profiling. This was the murder of both Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth.
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Case Sources:
Medical Detectives, “The Footpath Murders,” broadcast October 23, 1996 on TLC
Wikipedia.org, Colin Pitchfork
The Blooding (1989, Random House Publishing Group), by Joseph Wambaugh
Sky News: news.sky.com, “Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer arrested and recalled to prison after 'breaching licence conditions',” November 19, 2021
bbc.com, "Colin Pitchfork recalled to jail after approaching young women,” November 22, 2021
Newspaper.com sources:
Tony Donnelly, Nottingham Post, "Hunt is on for two killers," 23 November 1983, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/760618392); citing print edition, p.1
Leicester Mercury, "Lynda ‘might have screamed’," 1 December 1983, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860734136); citing print edition, p.1
Leicester Mercury, "Lynda: Youth seen running," 2 December 1983, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860734331); citing print edition, p.27
Leicester Mercury, "Fresh plea over Lynda murder," 7 December 1983, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860735339); citing print edition, p.13
Leicester Mercury, "Murder hunt police seek 'crying youth'," 8 December 1983, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860735594); citing print edition, p.21
Leicester Mercury, "Scarf used to kill Lynda, inquest told," 26 January 1984, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860742794); citing print edition, p.19
Leicester Mercury, "Lynda: Police issue picture," 1 February 1984, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860747472); citing print edition, p.1
Leicester Mercury, "Lynda in walk to death on Black Pad," 3 February 1984, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860748945); citing print edition, p.30
Leicester Mercury, "Lynda seen with punk in city," 17 May 1984, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860751836); citing print edition, p.23
Leicester Mercury, "Murder 'started road into debt'," 9 July 1984, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860879334); citing print edition, p.6
Associated Press, The Charlotte Observer, "DNA 'Fingerprinting' Process Nearly Foolproof, Scientists Say," 7 December 1985, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/624686909); citing print edition, p.17A
Leicester Mercury, "Murder of Lynda: Police issue new appeal for clues," 26 April 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860868746); citing print edition, p.11
Leicester Mercury, "Dawn vanishes after trip: Huge hunt for missing schoolgirl," 1 August 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860906178); citing print edition, pp.1, 15
Leicester Mercury, "Three years on — a killer still at large," 2 August 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860907003); citing print edition, p.9
Leicester Mercury, "Dawn's killer 'has struck before'," 3 August 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/846785964); citing print edition, p.1
John Meehan and Alan Kay, Coventry Evening Telegraph, "Tell on Strangler: Don't shield girls double murder, pleads mum," 4 August 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/819772229); citing print edition, pp.1-2
Leicester Mercury, "Tiny scratch 'could be a vital clue'—Dawn: Hunt for Double Killer," 4 August 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860908353); citing print edition, pp. 1, 5
Leicester Mercury, "Dawn: Man seen fleeing from scene," 5 August 1986, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/860908553); citing print edition, p.1
Leicester Mercury, "Sadistic double killer is jailed for life," 23 January 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/861261211); citing print edition, pp.1, 10-11
Comments
Marie
This happened where I lived as a child. I I was in Leicester and Enderby and narborough are on the outskirts of the city. I was 3 years younger than the girls and remember dawns murder vividly. My mum never, ever allowed me to walk anywhere alone at night. I’m grateful for that and I had a great dad who would always drop me off and pick me up from anywhere I needed to be. Colin Pitchfork is infamous in Leicester. As a result of this my daughters never walked anywhere alone at night either. Better to be safe than sorry
Gailann
Thanks for a great story from the UK. I had a vague knowledge that DNA profiling in criminal cases was developed there but never heard the whole story. You put it into context very well. And even though the case didn't take place in Scotland, your mention of it took me back to that beautiful country. Been there 3 times but can't wait to go again. Also, if you like listening to true crime as much as you like talking about it, I just found this and thought I'd share it: https://scottishmurders.com/
I tell people all the time about how I think it is so amazing that investors collected DNA before we could test it knowing one day they could test it. I just think it is amazing.
