Man arrested on suspicion of the murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer
Lindsay, from Hebden Bridge, went missing in 1994.
Last updated 13th Oct 2025
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer in West Yorkshire in 1994.
The teenager from Hebden Bridge was last seen after leaving her house to go to the shop.
Her body was found in the Rochdale Canal a year later.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said:
"Detectives have today arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer in Hebden Bridge in 1994.
"The man was arrested this morning by detectives from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team at an undisclosed UK prison, where he is serving a sentence for other offences.
"He is being interviewed over the course of today and tomorrow and is expected to be bailed and returned to prison while enquiries continue.
"At the same time, officers are approaching a number of specific potential witnesses, mainly in the Hebden Bridge and wider Halifax area, who have been identified by the investigation."
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle said:
“We remain very firmly committed to doing everything we can to get justice for Lindsay, and to give her family the answers they still so desperately need after all these years.
“The arrest we have made today comes as a result of our continued focus on progressing the investigation. We are keeping Lindsay’s family updated and, while we appreciate the understandable public interest that today’s arrest will bring, we do not anticipate any immediate developments at this stage.
“Although it is now more than thirty years since Lindsay was murdered, we remain convinced there is someone out there who has vital information that could finally help to ease her family’s pain, and we urge them do the right thing and tell us what they know.”