Overview

• Casey-Louise, a 13-year-old Mossley Hollins High School pupil who was living in the Liverpool care system, was found unresponsive at a flat on Sheepridge Road and died at hospital on August 12.
• A post-mortem examination failed to determine a cause of death, prompting West Yorkshire Police to classify her passing as unexplained pending further medical, forensic and witness enquiries.
• A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of rape and murder, along with an alleged separate rape in Kirklees, has been released on conditional bail as investigations continue.
• The force’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team is leading the combined homicide and sexual-offence investigation, which detectives describe as complex and expected to be lengthy.
• Casey-Louise’s relatives have paid tribute online, naming her and asking for privacy, while police maintain support for the family and appeal to anyone with information to come forward.