This episode comes with TRIGGER WARNINGS - see below description.

Today we begin on the evening on Monday 22nd November 1983 in the small area of the Coppice in Narborough, a small village on the outskirts of Leicester in England.....

Episode written and researched by Gem.

Today’s episode contains content which may be TRIGGERING including sexual assaults and child murder, including one under the age of 6 years old.

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REFERENCES

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1 M69 body: murder hunt. Coventry Evening Telegraph. Page 1. Tues 22 Nov 1983.

OOps forgot to add this one. Girl, 15, murdered near her home. Evening Standard. Tues. 22 Nov 1983.

2 Police Hunt Punk "seen" with Lynda. Leicester Mercury. Page 1. Wed 23 Nov 1983.

3 Lynda. Coventry Evening Telegraph. Wed 23 Nov 1983.4 Amazing response in hunt for killer. Leicester Mercury. Page 4. Thurs 24 Nov 1983.5 Black Pad closure up to residents. Leicester Mercury. Page 21. Thurs 24 Nov 1983.6 Lynda may have known her killer. Leicester Mercury. Page 1. Sat 26 Nov 1983.7 Colette: Day a maniac struck. Evening Post. Page 9. Tues 29 Nov 1983.

8 The family who have nothing to celebrate. Leicester Mercury. Page 3. Fri 3 Dec 1983.9 Village urged: Help police to find Dawn. Leicester Mercury. Page 2. Sat 2 Aug 1986.

10 Dawn: Hunt for 'very sick' double killer/ Reliving the horror of Lynda's murder. Leicester Mercury. Page 11. Mon 4 Aug 1986.

11 Dawn: Man seen fleeing from scene. Leicester Mercury. Page 1. Mon 5 Aug 1986.

12 Nightmare ends for a family Leicester Mercury. Page 10. Sat 22 Nov 1986.13 Murdered girls: Man charged. Western Daily Press. Page 1 Mon 21 Sept 1987

14 Girl deaths: Man faces plot charge. Leicester Mercury. Page 1. Wed 18 Nov 1987.

15 Schoolgirl murders: Man sent for trial. Leicester Mercury. Page 1. Wed 2 Dec 1987.Other articles

Daily Mail Online:

16 Occult-obsessed sadist, 53, who murdered two women in the 1980s is freed from jail despite families' fears he is still dangerous. By Nicole Conner. Published Thurs 15 Oct 2020.

17 Double child murderer and rapist Colin Pitchfork WON'T be put onto sex offenders register when he is freed within days and 'plans to change his name'. By Laurence Dollimore. Published Wed 18 July 2021.

18 'Colin Pitchfork murdered my little sister with my scarf. They said he'd never get out. How could they get it so wrong?' BARBARA DAVIES talks to Sue Gratrick on the eve of killer's release. By Barbara Davies. Fri 23 July 2021.

The Guardian:

19 Killer breakthrough - the day DNA evidence first nailed a murderer. By Ian Cobain. Tues 7 June 2016

BBC News:

20 Family's fears over Leicestershire double murderer's release. By David Pittam, BBC News, East Midlands. Thurs 13 Aug 2020.

21 Colin Pitchfork: Double child murderer released from prison. By Dominic Casciani. Wed 1 Sept 2021.

22 Colin Pitchfork recalled to jail after approaching young women. Mon 22 November 202123 Man who murdered two women released into the community - but family thinks he may still be dangerous. Leicestershirelive. By Ciaran Fagan. Wed 15 Oct 2020.

23 TheiPaper. inews.co.uk. Dawn Ashworth and Lynda Mann murders: how DNA evidence convicted killer Colin Pitchfork over deaths. By Laura Martin. Wed 9 Oct 2019.

Wikipedia

24 Colin Pitchfork

25 Donkey Jacket26 Murder of Colette Aram.

27 Robert Black (serial killer)

& Other sources.

28 Caroline Osborne/ Crimewatch UK wikia/ Fandom

29 From Black Pad to Ten Pound Lane. By Ian Harris. prezi.com. Fri 25 May 2012.

30 LPs vs Vinyl: Are LP and Vinyl the same thing? By Marc Henshall. yoursoundmatters.com. Fri 19 May 2023.

31 Timeline of horrific murders and killer's bid for freedom. Hinckley Times. pressreader.com. Wed 3 Aug 2022.