Parents arrested over toddler death

A mother and father have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy.

The ambulance service called police to a house in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, at about 0930 BST on Sunday.

The child's parents, both 24, were arrested on suspicion of murder and child cruelty.

A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "The death is currently being treated as unexplained and two people have been arrested in connection with the death."

A post-mortem examination has been carried out to establish the cause of death and police are awaiting its results

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14191953

Almost every ten days in England and Wales one child is killed at the hands of their parent. In half (56% on average) of all cases of children killed at the hands of another person, the parent is the principal suspect.

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/inform/research/statistics/child_homicide_statistics_wda48747.html

Bastards. RIP little man xxx