The Colin Pitchfork case was solved when
A) Pitchfork confessed to the murders.
B) an outpatient at a local mental health facility confessed to the murders.
C) Pitchfork was apprehended at the Heathrow airport with a falsified passport.
D) it was found that Pitchfork paid a fellow employee to donate a blood sample for him.
E) the technique of polymerase chain reaction was made available to Alec Jeffreys

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The Colin Pitchfork case was solved when it was discovered that Pitchfork had paid a fellow employee to donate a blood sample for him, in an attempt to evade detection through DNA profiling. This was a pivotal moment in the investigation, leading to his arrest and conviction.

The Colin Pitchfork Case Was Solved When