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Daughter, 9, found bodies in Birmingham house | |
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A nine-year-old girl found her mother and her partner dead in separate rooms of their Birmingham home, police said. | |
The girl dialled 999 after failing to wake Suzanne Van Hagen, 34, and John Worton, 37, in the house in Miranda Close, Frankley, at about 10:00 GMT. | |
Police said there were no obvious signs of injury to the couple and they were treating the deaths as "unexplained". | |
They said they were examining if they were poisoned by carbon monoxide. | |
Police said the girl, who had thought her parents were asleep, was now being cared for by her grandparents and specially-trained officers. | |
Ambulance chiefs said paramedics were called following reports two people had been found unconscious in the house. However, they said both had died at the scene. | Ambulance chiefs said paramedics were called following reports two people had been found unconscious in the house. However, they said both had died at the scene. |
Officers said Mr Worton was found dead in the lounge of the property, while Ms Van Hagen was discovered near a mattress in a bedroom. | |
Det Ch Insp Wayne Jones said: "There is no obvious sign of major trauma and we await the outcome of the post-mortem to determine the cause of death." | Det Ch Insp Wayne Jones said: "There is no obvious sign of major trauma and we await the outcome of the post-mortem to determine the cause of death." |
The house has been taped off by police and forensic investigators have been at the scene. | The house has been taped off by police and forensic investigators have been at the scene. |
West Midlands Police said the families of the couple were being supported. |