Lesley Molseed was just 11 when, on October 5, 1975, she was sent to the shop close to her home in Turf Hill, Rochdale, to buy a loaf of bread for her mum.
She never made it home, her body being found three days later facedown on moorland between Oldham and Ripponden, around 40 yards from the A672.
The little girl had been stabbed 12 times and sexually assaulted. Her death sent shockwaves through the community and sparked a huge manhunt, led by West Yorkshire Police.
Stefan Kiszko was 23, a vulnerable man with learning difficulties, when the accusations started coming in. He lived near Lesley and, in the minds of detectives, was the kind of man who might fit the profile of the killer.
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