Cops offer £50k to catch ‘baby-faced’ brute who throttled a schoolgirl to death 33 years ago
Lisa Hession, was found dead in a back alley just 100 yards from her home in Leigh, Wigan on December 8, 1984
MANCHESTER police are offering a £50,000 reward to catch a brute who strangled a 14-year-old schoolgirl to death 33 years ago.
Lisa Hession, was found dead in a back alley just 100 yards from her home in Leigh, Wigan on December 8, 1984.
The schoolgirl was walking home from a friend’s party in Bonnywell Road, before getting snatched and brought into an alley behind Rugby Road.
Head of GMP’s Cold Case Unit Martin Bottomley said: “Although it is 33 years since Lisa was murdered, Greater Manchester Police will not give up on this investigation.
“Someone out there knows who murdered Lisa, I am convinced of that.”
He added: “Forensic techniques are improving all the time and we need that someone to give us a name, which can eliminate suspicions or lead us to the killer.
“He may be getting on in years, but he will still be a dangerous individual.
“We owe it to Lisa’s memory and her late mum, to ensure justice is done and no one else comes to harm.
“Anyone with information can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or our office 0161 856 5961.”
Cops believe the reward could give them the intelligence they need to catch Lisa’s killer.
Lisa’s mum, Christine, campaigned for more than three decades to help find her daughter’s killer but she died in 2016 without ever getting justice.
Only one man was arrested on suspicion of murdering the schoolgirl, but he was bailed and no further action was taken against him.
The man died in 2005 but police ‘remains of interest’ to officers who are looking into Lisa’s murder file.
In the months leading up to her death, a man attacked three other young girls in the same area of Leigh and each time it was sexually motivated.
One of the attacks occurred just 24 hours before Lisa’s murder, a man exposed himself to a 16-year-old girl off Mather Lane, Leigh.
He said to the girl: “If you scream I will break your neck.”
The victim managed to run away from the assailant.
Detectives believe the attacker could be responsible for Lisa’s murder.
Police say the man had a local accent and was aged between 18-20 and each time he threatened to kill his victims.
The brute attacked victims in close proximity to where Lisa was murdered.
Cops issued a photo-fit of a ‘baby-faced’ man suspected of the attacks and Lisa’s murder.
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