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Murder inquiry after Coventry toddler death | Murder inquiry after Coventry toddler death |
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A murder inquiry has been launched in Coventry following the death of a toddler. | A murder inquiry has been launched in Coventry following the death of a toddler. |
The two-year-old boy was admitted to the University Hospital Coventry on Monday and transferred to Birmingham Children's Hospital with serious head injuries. | The two-year-old boy was admitted to the University Hospital Coventry on Monday and transferred to Birmingham Children's Hospital with serious head injuries. |
He died there on Tuesday and a 21-year-old man and a woman, 25, are being questioned on suspicion of his murder. | He died there on Tuesday and a 21-year-old man and a woman, 25, are being questioned on suspicion of his murder. |
Investigating police are at a house on Richmond Street in Coventry. | |
A post-mortem examination was inconclusive and further tests to establish a cause of death are due to be carried out. | A post-mortem examination was inconclusive and further tests to establish a cause of death are due to be carried out. |
The man and woman both remain in custody. | The man and woman both remain in custody. |
Neighbours in the road said it was "shocking" and "heartbreaking". | |
One resident, who did not want to be named, said the couple at the cordoned-off house were "not social" and that "people in that part of the street do not tend to mix much with neighbours". | |
Iqbal Khan, 38, who has lived in the road for ten years, said it was "really scary". |