The English-language Wikipedia article on genetic fingerprinting (DNA profiling), including the 1983 to 1988 Narborough murder inquiry that produced the technique's first criminal conviction.
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Wikipedia: Genetic fingerprinting
WikipediaDNA profiling in forensic science sectionQuote, DNA profiling in forensic science section
In the murder inquiry, led by Detective David Baker, the DNA contained within blood samples obtained voluntarily from around 5,000 local men who willingly assisted Leicestershire Constabulary with the investigation, resulted in the exoneration of Richard Buckland, an initial suspect who had confessed to one of the crimes, and the subsequent conviction of Colin Pitchfork on January 2, 1988.
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