Austhorpe Court: Police launch murder investigation after three-year-old girl found dead in Leeds
Police in Leeds have launched a murder investigation following the death of a three-year-old girl.
Emergency services responded at 11.06am yesterday (Wednesday, July 31) to reports of a concern for the safety of a young child at an address on Austhorpe Court, Leeds.
The body of a three-year-old girl was found inside. A woman was taken to hospital for urgent medical attention and remains there today in a stable condition. She has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Detective Chief Inspector Stacey Atkinson, of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “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.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team via the 101LiveChat online or by calling 101, quoting crime reference 13250433711.