Mum held after four year old is found drowned in bath

A MOTHER was last night arrested over the alleged murder of her four-year-old daughter, who was found drowned in the bath.

The alarm was raised after the mother, who has not been named, called police from a phone box.

By the time the police and an ambulance arrived at her home, little Chloe Fletcher was dead.

Last night shocked neighbours in Wallasey, Merseyside, described the 22-year-old mother as a “loner” and her daughter as “angelic, bubbly and gorgeous”.

Although the family was known to Wirral social services, Chloe was not on the “at risk” child register.

The alert was raised early yesterday when police received a 999 call from a phone box about half a mile from Chloe’s home.

Mark Lamb, 33, who was staying at a friend’s house next door, said: “The police arrived and said, ‘Let us in’.

“A lady came and she said, ‘I think she’s dead’. Then the police said, ‘Who’s dead, where?’

“They went in, then six or seven police cars arrived and an ambulance.

“I saw the lady handcuffed and taken into a police car about 20 minutes later. After that forensic officers came and a doctor.”

Neighbour Debbie Davies added: “I saw the little girl’s body being carried out on a trolley.”

Another of the family’s neighbours, James McManus, 67, saw the mother wearing a tracksuit being taken away in handcuffs by police. He said: “I used to hear the child laughing and joking when she woke up but never a word from her mum.”

Forensic officers were last night combing the house’s bathroom.

via Daily Express.

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