Overview

• A 16-year-old boy arrested after a 13-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a Huddersfield flat has been released on conditional police bail after an inconclusive post-mortem.
• The Homicide and Major Enquiry Team is treating the girl’s death as unexplained and is pursuing extensive forensic and witness enquiries.
• In Halifax, Calderdale CID detectives have kept a 40-year-old man in custody on suspicion of murder after a 36-year-old woman was discovered with serious head injuries and pronounced dead at the scene.
• Police have confirmed they are not seeking any other suspects in the Halifax case and have formally launched a murder investigation.
• West Yorkshire Police have deployed reassurance patrols, appealed for further information and placed specially trained officers with both families for support.