On a deserted footpath, early on the morning of November 22, 1983, a hospital worker witnessed

a terrible sight. It would be the first case in the world where DNA evidence helped find

the killer.

Narboro, England, a quiet little village of about 6,000 residents, where a violent crime

is almost done her dove. It is something you expect to happen in a city, not in a small

village community.

15-year-old Linda Mann was a typical teenager, quiet but popular, she liked school and enjoyed

being with friends. On a cold November evening, Linda left her home in Narboro to walk the

mile or so to her friends house. When Linda didn't return home by midnight, her frantic

parents called the police. Early the next morning, her semi-nude body was discovered along

the secluded footpath, known locally as the Black Pad. Detective David Baker was called

to the scene.

The clothing was in the state of the array, the jeans removed and her underclothes were

thrown about. It was a cold night and she got a scarf around her neck and the scarf had

been used to strangle her.

She was very brutally attacked, sexually assaulted. Word of Linda's murder traveled quickly

in the otherwise quiet village.

The people were horrified. I'm very worried.

Particularly those with young girls, young daughters.

A search of the crime scene turned up little of substance, but the autopsy provided some

important clues about Linda man's last moments alive.

The absence of injury to her private parts and also a generally on her body that was very

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