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Man arrested over 1994 murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer
The arrest follows a renewed police focus with the first suspect detained since 2017 in the ongoing investigation into the 1994 murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer.
- On Monday, West Yorkshire Police arrested a man at an undisclosed UK prison on suspicion of the 1994 murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer.
- Amid a long-running inquiry, West Yorkshire Police said Monday's arrest was the first since 2017 and comes from continued focus on progressing the investigation.
- Lindsay left home on November 7, 1994 to buy cornflakes and was captured on CCTV 20 minutes later at the SPAR supermarket on Crown Street, Hebden Bridge.
- The suspect is being interviewed over Monday and Tuesday and is expected to be bailed while officers contact potential witnesses in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, police said.
- In 2024, Kate and Juliet Rimer appealed on Crimewatch Live, saying `We feel that the killer of my sister has been free for 30 years and we've had a prison sentence of 30 years of grief.
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