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Tameside Council Announces Safeguarding Review After 13-Year-Old’s Unexplained Death

Police say the death remains unexplained pending complex homicide inquiries.

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Overview

  • Tameside Council confirmed it is acting as Casey-Louise’s corporate parent and will lead a multi-agency rapid safeguarding review within 15 days to assess urgent actions and whether a fuller inquiry is required.
  • West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team continues extensive work after a post-mortem failed to establish a cause of death.
  • A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of her rape and murder, and of an alleged separate rape involving another 16-year-old in Kirklees, has been released on conditional police bail.
  • Emergency services found the 13-year-old unresponsive at a Sheepridge Road flat in Huddersfield on August 11, and she died in hospital in the early hours of August 12.
  • Mossley Hollins High School paid tribute to the pupil and will offer support when term resumes, while a tribute page and fundraiser ask for donations to Mossley Foodbank.