Plea for closure on 17th anniversary of murder

Lindsay Jo Rimer disappeared from the streets of Hebden Bridge, at the age of 13, after buying cereal for her family at a Spar supermarket in Crown Street at 10.22pm.

She never returned to her home in Cambridge Street and five months later her body was recovered from the Rochdale Canal, a mile upstream from the town centre.

Detective Superintendent Colin Prime, of West Yorkshire Police’s Major Investigation Review Team, said yesterday: “We continue to seek the vital pieces of information that will bring closure to the investigation and for Lindsay’s family.

“It may be that someone has harboured a suspicion for all these years.

“With the passage of time, someone who was unable to come forward and speak to us 17 years ago might be in a position to do so now. I would strongly urge them to get in touch.”

Anyone with any information which could help the enquiry should contact police on 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.