Sixteen-year-old from Huddersfield held on suspicion of murder and rape
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of rape and murder after the death of a 13-year-old girl in West Yorkshire, police have said.
Officers were called to a flat on Sheepridge Road in Huddersfield on Monday night to reports that a girl was unresponsive. West Yorkshire police said the victim died in hospital and her death was being treated as “unexplained” after a postmortem examination.
A 16-year-old boy from Huddersfield was arrested on suspicion of murder and rape and is in custody.
The suspect was also arrested on suspicion of another offence of rape relating to a 16-year-old girl from a separate incident elsewhere in the Kirklees district, the force said on Thursday.
