COPS are appealing for help in solving the 40-year-old cold case of a schoolgirl murdered on her way home from a party. The body of Lisa Hession, 14, was found in an alleyway five minutes before midnight on December 8 1984 in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
![[Lisa Hession, 14, was strangled to death in December 1984]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gmp-pa-wire-note-editors-955707239.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
She had been strangled and sexually assaulted, just yards from her home on Bonnywell Road. Lisa's mum Christine, reported her missing at around 10.45pm when she failed to return home as expected 15 minutes earlier. She had left the party at her friend's home around two miles away, alone at 10.05pm.
![[The alleyway where Lisa's body was found]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trianglenews-co-uk-emily-hall-955988730.jpg?strip=all&w=683)
Christine said at the time she had walked past the alleyway behind Ruby Road where her daughter's body was lying three times during a frantic search. She told the Western Daily Press days after the discovery: "If I had looked in perhaps I could have done something, I don't know.
![[The candlelit vigil held in Leigh for Lisa]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1c4c0daa-2575-4de6-b229-a711366cb32c_a68138.jpg?strip=all&w=706)
"It is just knowing I walked past three times, and could have helped her.". In January 1985, police released a photo-kit of a "baby-faced" man they looking for in relation to the murder, reported the Manchester Evening News. Detective Superintendent Terry Millard said at the time: "I do not say this man has any connection with the murder, but I still want to talk to him.".
![[Police released this photo-kit of a 'baby-faced' man they wished to speak to in 1985]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/000-reward-today-offered-first-371814944.jpg?strip=all&w=372)
He went on to say: "Before Lisa was killed, there were three indecent incidents reported at Leigh. "Two females separately gave us the descriptions of this man and built up separate photo kits. "A third female also gave us a description. "In all three, there are great similarities and in two cases the females said he was baby-faced.".
![[A £50,000 reward is being offered for information]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/000-reward-today-offered-first-371814938_e161cc.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
