A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a three-year-old girl was found dead at a property in Leeds.
Emergency services were called to a semi-detached home in Austhorpe Court at 11am on Wednesday morning following a report of concern for the safety of a child.
Officers attended the house where it was confirmed that the child had died.
A woman at the address was taken to hospital for urgent medical treatment. She remains in a stable condition.
West Yorkshire Police said the woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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.’
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team via Live Chatonline or by calling 101, quoting crime reference 13250433711.
