Lindsay Rimer: Police hope to solve mysterious missing case after 30 years

A teenage girl in Yorkshire, UK, who left home to quickly buy cornflakes but was found at the bottom of a canal. Now, more than 30 years later, there are hopes her killer may have been found.

Lindsay Rimer, 13, vanished in 1994 after nipping to her local Spar in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK.

After several months of searching, Lindsay’s body was found, weighed down by a large rock in the Rochdale Canal about two miles from her home.

Today, West Yorkshire Police announced that a prisoner had been arrested on suspicion of the teenager’s murder.

The man, who denies killing Lindsay, is being grilled at an undisclosed UK prison where he is serving a sentence for other offences.

Police have revealed that he is expected to be bailed and returned to prison while enquiries continue.

Detectives have approached many potential witnesses, mainly in the Hebden Bridge and wider Halifax area who have been identified by the investigation.

Detective Chief Inspector (DCI), James Entwistle stated that the arrest made that day was the result of their continued focus on progressing the investigation.

He added that they were keeping Lindsay’s family updated and, while they appreciated the understandable public interest the arrest would bring, they did not anticipate any immediate developments at that stage.

Entwistle further said that although it had been more than 30 years since Lindsay was murdered, they remained convinced that someone out there had vital information that could finally help ease her family’s pain, and he urged that person to do the right thing and come forward with what they knew.

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A 60-year-old French woman, Bernadette Delmotte, died in a tragic accident after being trapped by her car’s automatic window in the quiet village of Bissy-sur-Fley, eastern France.

Her body was discovered inside her red Fiat 500, with the window closed tightly around her neck — a scene that initially left both family and investigators baffled.

According to French media outlets France 3 and BFM TV, Bernadette had been cleaning her car on June 13 when the fatal accident occurred.

Investigators believe she forgot to apply the handbrake and leaned through the open window to reach it. In the process, she may have accidentally pressed the automatic window control, which then rose and compressed her throat.

“It seems the handbrake hadn’t been applied,” her friend Béatrice told France 3. “The car started rolling backward, and she tried to stop it by reaching inside. Her hand must have touched the button, and by the time she straightened up, the window had closed on her neck.”