Halifax Courier

Lindsay: The hunt for her killer will go on

- Ian Hirst ian.hirst@jpimedia.co.uk @HXCourier

DETECTIVES IN West Yorkshire are still hunting the killer of Calderdale schoolgirl Lindsey Rimer 25 years on after her disappeara­nce.

Today marks the 25th anniversar­y of the disappeara­nce of Hebden Bridge schoolgirl Lindsay Rimer.

The 13-year-old left her home in Cambridge Street to buy cornflakes but never returned.

Her body was found five months later in Rochdale Canal.

Lindsay, a pupil at Calder High School at the time, had left for the Spar supermarke­t in Crown Street at around 10pm on November 7, 1994.

Police know she called in to the Trades Club in Holme Street on her way to the supermarke­t and, according to the CCTV footage in the supermarke­t, Lindsay paid for the cornflakes at 10.22pm.

That was the last time she was seen alive.

On Wednesday, April 12, 1995, her body was recovered from the Rochdale Canal, approximat­ely a mile upstream from Hebden Bridge town centre.

Over the last few years, Lindsay’s sisters Kate and Juliet have both made emotional pleas for anyone harbouring informatio­n that could lead to justice for their sister to come forward.

In November 2016, Andy Glover, one of the workmen who made the grim discovery spoke for the first time about the effect it had on him and

SEARCH: Divers in the Rochdale Canal

how he would do anything to help bring closure for the Rimer family.

The West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry unit are continuing their ivestigati­on and are appealing for witnesses or anyone with informatio­n to come forward.

Anyone with informatio­n is asked to call detectives directly on 01924 334604.

Alternativ­ely contact Crimestopp­ers in confidence on 0800 555111

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UNSOLVED: Lindsay Rimer was last seen alive on November 7, 1994
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