Leeds murder latest: More than £10,000 raised as GoFundMe fundraiser launched after girl, 16, dies
A fundraising page for a teenage girl who died after being found seriously injured in Leeds has raised more than £10,000 in just a few hours.
Police rushed to Kennerleigh Avenue, Austhorpe just after 6am on Saturday (March 28) after a 16-year-old girl was found with serious injuries. She was taken to hospital but later died.
The force has said that the victim is from the Cleckheaton area. Her family have been notified and are now being supported by specially-trained officers.
A fundraising page was set up on GoFundMe for the victim, who has been named locally as Chloe Watson, on Sunday (March 29) and has already raised over £11,00 at the time of writing.
On the GoFundMe page, the organiser said: “I wanted to create a go fund me to help give her the best send off possible she didn’t deserve this she was so full of life such an innocent beautiful soul taken too soon.”
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Superintendent Marc Bowes, said: “Following our appeal for further information yesterday, we have now identified the deceased as a 16-year-old girl from the Cleckheaton area.
“Her family have been informed and we are supporting them as they try to come to terms with what has happened.
“Our enquiries into the incident which led to her death are continuing, and I would appeal again to anyone who was in the Kennerleigh Avenue area in the early hours of yesterday morning to come forward if they have any information which could assist our investigation.”
Four people - two women aged 18, a man aged 19 and a boy aged 17 – remain in custody as of Sunday after they were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder.
If you can assist this investigation then please call the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team on 101, or use the live chat options at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/livechat, quoting log 280 of 28 March.
You can also report anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.