Atherstone baby death suspects released on police bail
Two individuals arrested following the death of a one-year-old girl in Atherstone have been released on police bail. The suspects, a 19-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, face allegations of child neglect and causing or allowing the death of a child.
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This is a sensitive local news story involving a tragic death and an ongoing criminal investigation.
Image caption, The one-year-old girl died at a home on Long Street, Atherstone, on Friday
Two people arrested in connection with the death of a one-year-old girl in Warwickshire have been released on bail, police say.
It comes after emergency services were called to a house on Long Street, Atherstone, at about 11:50 BST on Friday to reports of a child in cardiac arrest. She was pronounced dead at the scene a short while later, police said.
A 19-year-old woman and a man aged 21 were then both arrested at the scene on suspicion of child neglect.
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