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Relative finds murdered babysitter in Borehamwood Mother finds murdered babysitter in Borehamwood
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A murder inquiry is under way after the body of a 19-year-old babysitter was found in a house in Hertfordshire. A young woman who was killed while looking after her three-year-old nephew and four-year-old niece was found dead by her mother, police said.
Police believe Chatherine Wynter, known as Katie, had been stabbed. A post-mortem examination will be carried out. Chatherine Wynter, 19, also known as Katie Briscoe, was found stabbed at her sister's home in Beech Drive, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire on Tuesday.
A family member discovered the body in Beech Drive, Borehamwood, and called police at 08:00 GMT on Tuesday. An 18-year-old youth from Borehamwood and a 26-year-old man from London, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Two men, an 18-year-old from Borehamwood and a 26-year-old from Islington, north London, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police said the victim knew the two arrested men.
Hertfordshire police said they were working on a number of lines of inquiry. Family liaison officers are with the children, who have been reunited with their mother.
They appealed for information, especially from anyone who was in the Beech Drive area on Boxing Day at about 17:00 GMT. Hertfordshire police said they were working on a number of lines of inquiry and a post-mortem examination would be carried out to ascertain the cause of death.
Police believe Ms Wynter was babysitting her niece and nephew at the house. Ms Wynter lived at another address in Borehamwood and was a student at West Hertfordshire College in Watford.
The arrests were made in north London and Borehamwood, though not at the address where the body was found. Her mother called police at 08:00 GMT on Tuesday and paramedics pronounced Ms Wynter dead later that morning.
"It is not yet known when over the Christmas period the woman died," the spokeswoman said. Bubbly personality
Police began a murder inquiry and appealed for information, especially from anyone who was in the Beech Drive area on Boxing Day at about 17:00 GMT.
"It is not yet known when over the Christmas period the woman died," a police spokeswoman said.
"We are trying to establish when the incident happened.""We are trying to establish when the incident happened."
Friends said Ms Wynter was planning to celebrate her 20th birthday with friends with a visit to a Dr Who exhibition.
A neighbour in Beech Drive, Doreen Foster, 76, said: "She was a mad Dr Who fan and they were all planning to go to the exhibition.
"She had been a friend of my granddaughter for 16 years and told me I was her adopted grandmother.
"She was a lovely girl. She had a bubbly personality and was never in a bad mood."
The road was cordoned off as police searched bushes and bins for clues. Forensic officers in white suits carried out a search of the house itself.