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Sheffield: three victims had been viciously stabbed to death while a fourth had been subjected to a sustained sexual assault. ibid.
Experts were quickly able to obtain a clear impression of the cheese … The blood grouping could be determined … The man’s name was Arthur Hutchinson … ‘The weight of forensic evidence is what ultimately trapped Hutchinson.’ ibid.
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Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, 30 October 1983: The disappearance of sixteen-year-old trainee hairdresser Colette Aram … Colette’s body was found just over three kilometres from her home … She’d been sexually assaulted and strangled. ibid.
A nationwide hunt was launched to find the mysterious man in the red [Ford] Fiesta. ibid.
A new test had been developed that would prove a game-changer: it was called Low Copy Number Testing … ‘It could target smaller amounts of DNA’. ibid. rozzer’s technician
‘There were no matching subject records on the national DNA database.’ ibid.
Familial DNA allows investigators to identify close relatives of a potential offender, which in turn could lead them to their subject. ibid.
Paul Hutchinson’s demeanour during questioning aroused suspicions … ‘A full match.’ ibid.
‘He dried his hands on a paper towel which he put in the bin.’ A Killer’s Mistake s1e2: Paul Hutchinson, rozzer
The paper towel and the missing girl became part of a 22-year murder mystery. ibid.
‘He got off by watching young girls.’ ibid. rozzer
‘She [Colette] had been raped, strangled and her body had been left in a sexually provocative pose.’ ibid.
His mistakes would one day catch up with him. ibid.
Hyatt, Keith: see Miscarriages of Justice: White, Barri & Keith Hyatt