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Death care home couple released | |
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Detectives investigating the suspected murders of five residents at a care home have released on bail the married couple who ran it, to return at Easter. | |
Leigh and Rachel Baker who managed the Parkfields Residential Home, Butleigh, Somerset, were arrested on Monday. | |
Mrs Baker, a nurse, was released on Wednesday and her husband, a chef, was freed on Thursday. | |
Both had been questioned on suspicion of murdering four women and one man at the home and drug possession. | Both had been questioned on suspicion of murdering four women and one man at the home and drug possession. |
Parkfields was closed by inspectors in March this year. | Parkfields was closed by inspectors in March this year. |
The couple were first arrested following the death of resident Lucy Cox, 97, on New Year's Day. | The couple were first arrested following the death of resident Lucy Cox, 97, on New Year's Day. |
Subsequently police exhumed the bodies of Nellie "Mary" Pickford, 89, Marion Alder, 79, and 81-year-old Fred Green. | Subsequently police exhumed the bodies of Nellie "Mary" Pickford, 89, Marion Alder, 79, and 81-year-old Fred Green. |
The identity of the fifth suspected victim has not been revealed. | The identity of the fifth suspected victim has not been revealed. |