Hope for breakthrough in search for Beast of Birkenhead with new DNA searches

Police hunting for the 'Beast of Birkenhead' after the wrong man spent 38 years in jail are turning their attention to DNA found at the murder scene. They hope 'familial' DNA searches could track the killer down.


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