Forensic First: DNA and the Narborough Village Murders

Narborough, England, Nov. 21, 1983: Fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann left her home to go to a friend’s house to babysit. The friend’s house wasn’t far away — and there was a shortcut through a secluded footpath known locally as the Black Pad.

But Mann didn’t return home that night. Her parents contacted the police to report her missing.

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