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| Mother murder arrest after girl, four, dies in Moss Side | Mother murder arrest after girl, four, dies in Moss Side |
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| A mother has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her four-year-old daughter in Manchester. | |
| Police found the body of Kaiya Blake after being called to a terraced home on Garthorne Close, Moss Side on Thursday evening. | |
| A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out later. | |
| Manchester City Council and Manchester Safeguarding Children Board have revealed they had contact with the family prior to the incident. | |
| A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said the force was contacted after the girl's mother, Chantelle Blake, 31, walked into Manchester Royal Infirmary on Thursday evening, concerned about her child. | |
| Officers went to the house in Moss Side, just after 19:15 BST and found the child's body. | |
| Inquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding her death are ongoing. | Inquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding her death are ongoing. |
| 'Lovely little girl' | |
| Police said they had had previous contact with the family and were conducting a review with other agencies into how the case had been handled. | Police said they had had previous contact with the family and were conducting a review with other agencies into how the case had been handled. |
| Ch Supt Stuart Barton said: "Our thoughts are with the girl's family at this extremely difficult time. | Ch Supt Stuart Barton said: "Our thoughts are with the girl's family at this extremely difficult time. |
| "We know there is lots of speculation about the identity of the young girl and the cause of death but I want to stress that as yet, we have not formally identified her and we are doing a lot of work to try and trace all her family members to inform them. | |
| "However, what I can say is that at this time, we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident and I want to try and reassure our community that there is no reason for them to be unduly alarmed, although clearly they will be upset at this tragedy," he added. | "However, what I can say is that at this time, we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident and I want to try and reassure our community that there is no reason for them to be unduly alarmed, although clearly they will be upset at this tragedy," he added. |
| "GMP, along with our partner agencies, is also aware of previous contact between ourselves and other agencies with the girl's family, and we will be conducting a multi-agency review." | "GMP, along with our partner agencies, is also aware of previous contact between ourselves and other agencies with the girl's family, and we will be conducting a multi-agency review." |
| Mike Livingstone, Manchester City Council's Director of Children's Services, said it was "very early in the police investigation into this tragedy [but] from the information that has been given to us so far, it would appear we had involvement with the family". | |
| The chair of the Manchester Safeguarding Children Board, Ian Rush, said "a range of agencies were involved with this family and there is every likelihood that a serious case review will be carried out". | |
| Neighbour Pauline Taylor, who lives in Garthorne Close, said: "The little girl used to play out with the crowd round this side. | Neighbour Pauline Taylor, who lives in Garthorne Close, said: "The little girl used to play out with the crowd round this side. |
| "She was always on her bike, playing out with the other kids. She was a lovely little girl." | |
| Anyone with information is being urged to call police. | Anyone with information is being urged to call police. |