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Murder inquiry after girl's death | Murder inquiry after girl's death |
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A murder inquiry has begun after a four-year-old girl died in hospital. | A murder inquiry has begun after a four-year-old girl died in hospital. |
Leticia Wright, from Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, was being treated at the town's infirmary, where she died in the early hours of Sunday, police said. | Leticia Wright, from Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, was being treated at the town's infirmary, where she died in the early hours of Sunday, police said. |
A 22-year-old woman, believed to be her mother, was arrested after post-mortem tests found she died from complications caused by multiple injuries. | |
Det Supt Paul Taylor said they needed to build up a picture of the final months of Leticia's life. | |
He said the family were originally from Huddersfield but moved away, only to return in August. | |
"Any murder inquiry is shocking and tragic in its own way, but it just seems so much more unimaginable when the victim is a four-year-old girl," he said. | |
"I want to know about Leticia and her family since they moved here in August this year. I want to build a picture of the last few months of her life. | |
"People say she was a happy little girl and the school photo shows she was a beautiful little girl." | |
'Big shock' | |
Mr Taylor said he was in touch with some members of her immediate family but wanted other relatives, friends and neighbours to come forward. | |
On Monday afternoon, a lone police officer stood guard outside Leticia's stone end-terrace home while forensic officers continued their work inside. | |
Neighbour Diane Harrison said she hardly ever saw the little girl leave her home but news of her death had shocked locals. | |
"I used to see her looking out of her bedroom window and that was it," she said. "She never came out much at all. | |
"She seemed happy looking through the window but I didn't get to know her at all. | |
"When the police came on Saturday it was a big shock for everyone around here." |