Fresh appeal to solve murder of girl who left home to buy corn flakes but never came back

Lindsay Rimer, 13, went missing precisely 30 years agone and she was recovered dormant 5 months later, but her slayer has ne'er been found. Police person present issued a caller appeal

Police person issued a renewed entreaty successful a bid to lick the murder of a 13-year-old who went missing 30 years agone erstwhile she near her location to spell to her section shop.

Lindsay Rimer disappeared from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, connected November 7, 1994. The schoolgirl was past seen successful the town's Memorial Gardens, adjacent to a autobus halt connected New Road astatine 10.45pm that night, West Yorkshire Police said.

She had been to the adjacent Trades Club connected Holme Street to spot her mum and cod immoderate wealth earlier heading to the Spar convenience store connected Crown Street to bargain immoderate maize flakes. CCTV footage captured Lindsay successful the supermarket portion she bought the cereal, earlier leaving astatine 10.23pm.

The widely-circulated CCTV was the last-known footage of her. The alarm was launched the pursuing morning, erstwhile Lindsay failed to crook up for her insubstantial round. A constabulary probe was launched and tragically, 5 months later, connected April 12, 1995, her assemblage was recovered successful the Rochdale Canal, adjacent to Callis Bridge, astir a mile distant from her home.

Now, connected the 30th day of Lindsay's disappearance, constabulary person issued a caller appeal, urging anyone with accusation connected the calamity to travel forward. Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle, Senior Investigating Officer astatine West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET), said: "Lindsay Rimer was a 13-year-old kid who lived present successful Hebden Bridge with her mum, her dad, her brothers and sisters.

"She was a bright, inquisitive, autarkic miss and connected November 7, 1994, she did what immoderate 13-year-old miss should beryllium allowed to do. She went to the shop. She called via the Trades Club to spot her mum, she called into the shop. And past idiosyncratic brutally murdered her, and near assemblage successful the canal, hoping that nary 1 successful the household would ever cognize what had happened.

"It's 30 years to the time that this happened. There has been an immense constabulary enquiry astir it and we're inactive nary person to the information astir what happened. And truthful my entreaty contiguous is threefold. Firstly, bash you person suspicions astir someone? Were you possibly a situation officer, a probation officer, a teacher who's ever 'wondered what astir that person?' Now's the time. 30 years later, now's the time."

He continued: "Secondly, were you successful Hebden Bridge astatine the time? Have you ever wondered astir coming forward. Loyalties alteration implicit 30 years. Now's the clip to speech to us. And thirdly, were you involved? Do you person this connected your conscience? Maybe you weren't liable for the murder, but you cognize precisely what happened. 30 years later, now's the clip to speech to us.

"You tin ringing us. You tin spell online and marque a report, anonymously oregon otherwise. Tonight is 30 years since November 7, 1994 and my squad and I are present successful Hebden Bridge. We'll beryllium present each night. Come and speech to america due to the fact that present is the time."

Lindsay's sisters besides spoke retired astir the tragic nonaccomplishment they suffered - and the grief their household went done aft her assemblage was found. Juliet, who was conscionable 18 months erstwhile her elder sister disappeared, appealed for radical to get successful interaction with immoderate accusation that could assistance place the idiosyncratic oregon persons who killed Lindsay.

She said: "We privation idiosyncratic to travel guardant with information, due to the fact that you ne'er cognize that tiny portion of accusation mightiness beryllium the missing portion successful the puzzle and mightiness conscionable acceptable everything unneurotic and enactment this to rest." And Lindsay's elder sister, Kate, added: "If you cognize thing astir my sister’s execution and the idiosyncratic who killed her, you person a motivation work to travel guardant due to the fact that this needs to extremity for our family, and it needs to extremity for Lindsay arsenic well."

Detectives investigating Lindsay's execution and uniformed officers from the Calder Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team volition beryllium successful Hebden Bridge each time contiguous to prosecute with members of the nationalist who they anticipation volition travel guardant with accusation astir Lindsay's murder. Anyone with accusation they deliberation whitethorn beryllium applicable to the enquiry is urged to get successful interaction with officers either successful idiosyncratic contiguous oregon by contacting:

• Call 101 - quoting Operation Posemill
• Text oregon Voicemail 07707 147314
• Email [email protected]
• Live chat - www.westyorkshire.police.uk/livechat
• https://mipp.police.uk/operation/13XM020110K38-PO1

Alternatively, telephone the autarkic foundation Crimestoppers anonymously connected 0800 555 111.