PA MediaA prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead months after she went missing from her home in 1994.
Lindsay Rimer left her home in Hebden Bridge, near Halifax, on 7 November to buy cornflakes from a nearby shop but never returned. In April 1995, her body was found in the Rochdale Canal, about a mile from the town, weighted down with a stone.
West Yorkshire Police said a man was arrested on Monday at an unnamed UK prison where he was serving a sentence for other offences.
A force spokesperson said officers were “keeping Lindsay’s family updated”, adding that the arrest was “as a result of our continued focus on progressing the investigation”.
The arrested man was being interviewed by police and was expected to be bailed and returned to prison while inquiries continued, the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, officers were approaching “a number of specific potential witnesses, mainly in the Hebden Bridge and wider Halifax area”, who had been identified by the investigation.
Alex Moss/Det Ch Insp James Entwistle, the senior investigating officer, 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.
“While we appreciate the understandable public interest that today’s arrest will bring, we do not anticipate any immediate developments at this stage.”
Det Ch Insp Entwistle added: “Although it is now more than 30 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.
“We urge them do the right thing and tell us what they know.”
Anyone with any information that could help the investigation was asked to contact West Yorkshire Police.