Man arrested on suspicion of boy’s murder, and police will make referral to IPCC after being called to property previouslyA toddler has been found dead 24 hours after police were called to a “domestic incident” at his home in Manchester. Police launched a murder investigation on Sunday after officers discovered the boy’s body at a house in Wythenshawe, in the south of the city. Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance just after midnight on Sunday, police said, but when they arrived a man and woman had left the house and gone to hospital. Supt John-Paul Ruffle, of Greater Manchester police, said officers had previously been called to a domestic incident at the property on Friday, 24 hours before the boy was found dead. Ruffle said: “We’ve had one previous domestic incident there, which was reported on the 25th of August.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2017 13:16 UTC