A murder investigation has been launched into the death of a 16-year-old girl in a Warrington park.
Emergency services were scrambled to Culcheth Linear Park, at 3.13pm yesterday afternoon (Saturday February 11) and Cheshire Police have now confirmed that the body of Brianna Ghey, from Birchwood, Cheshire, was found on a path. She had suffered 'multiple stab wounds', the force confirmed.
A Home Office post-mortem examination is currently taking place to establish the cause of Brianna's death. Police are keen to speak to anyone who was in the park between 1.30pm and 4pm yesterday, including a man and a woman, who were seen close to where her body was found.
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Detective Chief Supt Mike Evans said: “This is a truly awful attack on a 16-year-old girl, who has sadly lost her very short life. We are appealing for any information that will help us find who has done this to Brianna.
“In particular we are keen to speak to two people that were seen in the park where Brianna’s body was found who have been described as a white man and woman, in their late teens/early twenties, both with dark curly hair. The man was wearing a longish dark hooded coat and the woman had a distinctive red or purple black checked blanket-style coat and a long flowing skirt, dress or trousers.
“We are also keen to speak to anyone who was in the park from around 1.30pm until 4.00pm yesterday or anyone who may have seen Brianna in the hours leading up to her death. We would ask people and businesses within the local community to check any CCTV or dashcam footage for anything that may aid our investigation.
“I would like to reassure the local community that we are working hard to find those responsible for Brianna’s death and we have extra officers in and around Culcheth supporting the investigation. We also have officers supporting Brianna’s family at this really tragic time.”
Information can be reported online via the Cheshire Police website or by calling 101, quoting IML 1476832. Information can also be reported anonymously, via Crimestoppers, on 0800 555 111.
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