UK UK - Lisa Hession,14, Leigh, Greater Manchester, strangled/sex. assault in laneway, 8 December 1984

[dotr]

Dec 8 2018
Police offer £50,000 reward in Lisa Hession murder case | Daily Mail Online

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Lisa Hession, pictured, was strangled to death 33 years ago

A £50,000 reward has been offered by police today in a bid to catch the killer of a girl strangled to death 33 years ago.

Lisa Hession, 14, was murdered in an alleyway just 100 yards from her home in Leigh, Greater Manchester.

Her body was found by a man and his son walking their dog just before midnight on December 8, 1984.

Lisa had been walking home from a friend's party to the house she shared with her mother and grandmother when she was snatched.

The killer then took her into a secluded pathway behind Rugby Road where, in a sexually motivated assault, he placed one hand over Lisa's mouth and pulled her T-shirt around her neck.

The victim fought for her life - suffering a black eye in the struggle.

For more than three decades Lisa's mother, Christine, campaigned for information to help police identify the killer, but she died in 2016 without seeing justice for her only child.

 

[dotr]

Police offer £50,000 reward in Lisa Hession murder case | Daily Mail Online
"Partial DNA was recovered from the scene and, in 2011 - after forensic techniques had improved - hundreds of men from Wigan and Leigh were swabbed but no match was found.

In the three months before Lisa's murder, three young women were attacked in the same area of Leigh by a sex pest - one the night before Lisa died.

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In 1985 police issued an old-style photo-fit of a 'baby-faced' man wanted for Lisa's murder

Detectives believe the attacks could have been committed by Lisa's killer.

A fourth woman was also attacked in May 1985 - five months after Lisa's killing.

That victim was older than the previous three, but her petite build may have given the impression she was much younger.

Lisa's killing shocked a close-knit community and many believe the killer was local.

She was a popular pupil at Bedford High School and a tree was planted in her memory in its grounds.

Descriptions given to police by the three victims of the previous attacks was consistent.

His accent was local, he was aged 18 to 20, and each time threatened to kill his victims."

 

[dotr]

The crime that haunts a detective and the killer who could still be free
"Photos, shared with the Manchester Evening News by Lisa's old friend, Anita Webb, show her just a few months before she died. The talented gymnast can be seen going through her paces."

Lisa Hession during a gym lesson at Bedford High School in Leigh. A few months later on December 8th 1984 she was murdered in an alleyway 100 yards from her home, aged 14. Her killer has never been found."

"She had a perfect physique, with cross country for Leigh Harriers, and gymnastics at school," Anita told us. "Lisa had got it all, but she didn't know it, and that was the real inner beauty with her, that I cherished. She had depth, she was authentic, she was special."

"The killer put one hand over her mouth and tightened her T-shirt around her neck with the other.

At 10.40pm Lisa's worried grandmother, Ellen, had called Anita's mother asking if Lisa was at their house. Lisa's mother, Christine, went out to look for her, and walked past the bottom of the alley where her daughter was lying three times. Less than an hour-and-a-half past the time she had been due to return home her body was found."
"If anyone has any information that may assist the police with their investigation please ring the Cold Case Review Unit on 0161 856 5978."

 

[Kitkat28]

It’s very sad that I have literally never heard of this case. Thanks dotr for making people aware of it, and hopefully there will be justice for Lisa.

 

[PastTense]

A new social media group has been set up to try to crack one of the most notorious unsolved murders in the borough.


Schoolgirl Lisa Hession was strangled to death in Leigh in 1984, but despite the police’s best efforts the person responsible has never been brought to justice.

Now Andrea Ashcroft Aldred, who knew the tragic 14-year-old, and her friend Ryan Daly have joined forces on Facebook to see if anyone out there has crucial information. Ryan began posting on forums and other local internet outlets in 2016 after Lisa’s mum Christine died without seeing justice for her daughter. That led to him and Andrea, who are both from Leigh, teaming up to create the group Let’s get justice for Lisa Jane Hession and her mum Christine.
New quest to track down Lisa Hession's killer

 

[CastlesBurning]

A new article about the case:

Horrific murder cold case reviewed 35 years after teen strangled yards from home

 

[iulia]

She should be surrounded by her loving family.

A mother, maybe even a proud grandma.

Her children, and their children, doting on her.

Showering her with cards, bouquets, and a gift she will cherish.

Lisa Jane Hession was born on April 12 1970, and the milestone of her 50th birthday is today.

But she never bloomed into a woman, she never got married, she never had children, and never chased her dreams.

A talented gymnast, and keen cross-country runner who had run for Leigh Harriers, she was according to her best friend, "gorgeous".

A pupil at Bedford High in Leigh, she was popular, and academically bright.

But that promise was snuffed out when she was just 14 years old.


Lisa Jane Hession would have been 50 today - her killer has never been found

 

[madfrank]

Lisa Jane Hession would have been 50 today - her killer has never been found (Apr 12 2020)

The circumstances of Lisa's murder point towards the killer having local knowledge.

When he pounced he knew that at the end of Buck Street was the ginnel where he would bundle her - out of sight and earshot of neighbours.

Within a few days police had arrested a suspect. He was released without charge, and died in 2005, having been ruled out as the killer.

He was the only person ever arrested for Lisa's murder.
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The killing of Lisa Hession: We have the proof, now give us the killer's name (Dec 09 2019)

 

[TootsieFootsie]

'We've turned detective to solve the case of Lisa Hession'

 

[dotr]

'We've turned detective to solve the case of Lisa Hession'

From link, thanks..

''As time passes, the likelihood increases that the person responsible - and whoever might know what he did - will go to the grave without facing justice.

But that knowledge doesn't quell the desire - among detectives and campaigners - to find out who he is.

If anything, it increases it.

"Whether the man who killed Lisa Hession is dead or alive, as long as the police could identify him, that is at least something," Ryan says.

"I personally think the killer was someone who knew Lisa, and I agree with Andrea’s comments, someone who was infatuated with her, and obsessed with her.

"Maybe he was a young lad at the time, and I think he’s probably been shielded by a close family member, or a close friend, and he has gone about his everyday life acting normal.

"I think it will be someone who nobody would suspect, some average normal person who comes across as a decent person, with probably a family of his own now.

"Andrea and I have faith that the case will be solved, and the killer will be caught.''

She had a perfect physique, with cross country from Leigh Harriers and gymnastics at school," said Anita.

 

[AcbMurders]

The unsolved murder of Lisa Hession

It's been almost 40 years since the murder of 14-year-old Lisa Hession in Leigh

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[dotr]

The unsolved murder of Lisa Hession

It's been almost 40 years since the murder of 14-year-old Lisa Hession in Leigh

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

From link, thanks
Jan 5 2023

"You often hear police officers say there's that one case that will live with them forever. The one that was never solved, or was so shocking it cannot be erased from memory. For many journalists, that concept remains the same.

It's been almost 40 years since the murder of 14-year-old Lisa Hession in Leigh. Her killer has never been caught and even now a £50,000 reward remains on the table for anyone with information that can lead to a conviction.''

 

[dotr]

Efforts Renewed To Find Lisa Hession's Killer

Police are renewing their appeal for information about the murder of Lisa Hession, offering a £50,000 reward for details leading to the conviction of her killer.…

evrimagaci.org

08 December 2024
''Police are renewing their appeal for information about the murder of Lisa Hession, offering a £50,000 reward for details leading to the conviction of her killer. This tragic case unfolded 40 years ago, on December 8, 1984, when Lisa, just 14 years old, was assaulted and strangled after leaving a party. Her body was found just 200 yards from her home, illuminating the horror of her death and the surrounding grief felt by her family and community.''
''The reviews have concentrated on using advances in forensic techniques and investigating all information provided to GMP by members of the public." Despite these extensive efforts, Lisa's murderer remains unidentified, making findings like DNA samples even more disheartening''.

 

[Marysmith]

Can they do familial DNA in the UK?