Murder investigation launched after three-year-old girl found dead in quiet cul-de-sac
A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a three-year-old girl in a quiet cul-de-sac in Leeds.
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Police were called to the property on Austhorpe Court, Colton, at 11am on Wednesday after a report of concern for the safety of a young child.
West Yorkshire Police said the body of a girl was found inside and a woman at the address was taken to hospital for urgent medical attention.
She remains there in a stable condition and has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The force believe it to be an "isolated incident".
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'Tragic incident'
Detective Chief Inspector Stacey Atkinson, of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “Sadly when emergency services attended at an address on Austhorpe Court, Leeds, yesterday the body of a 3-year-old girl was found inside.
“A woman at the address was taken to hospital for urgent medical attention and remains there today in a stable condition.
"She has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
"We are treating this as an isolated incident and are not seeking anyone else in connection with it.
“I understand that such a tragic incident as this will cause shockwaves in the local community and that there will be speculation about what has happened.
“I would ask people to please let us investigate and if you do have any information that you think could assist our enquiries to get in contact with the investigation team.”
