16-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Found Stabbed on U.K. Street ‘Over a Boy,’ Cousin Claims
Three teens are facing murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of Chloe Dransfield, according to police
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Chloe Dranfield, 16, of England, was found stabbed and unconscious in the street on Sat. March 28
She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead
Three teens are charged with murder in connection with her alleged fatal stabbing
A British teenage girl died after being stabbed on a residential street, and police are appealing to the public for cell phone video of the grisly slaying which they believe is circulating on social media.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 28, officers were called to Kennerleigh Ave. in the Austhorpe section of Leeds, where they found Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, lying in the street, unconscious, and suffering from stab wounds, the West Yorkshire Police said in a statement.
Dransfield was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
She lived with her family in Gomersal in Kirklees, about 17 miles from Austhorpe, the BBC reports.
Police have not provided details of what happened the morning Dransfield was killed.
Two teens, Kayla Smith, 18, of Kennerleigh Avenue in Leeds, where Dransfield was found, and Archie Rycroft, 19, of Middleton Park Road, also in Leeds, were arrested and charged with murder, the West Yorkshire Police said in the statement.
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Archie Rycroft.
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A 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons because he is a minor was also charged with murder, according to the statement.
An 18-year-old man from Leeds who was arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody, police said in the statement.
An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl who were arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on bail.
On Wed., April 1, West Yorkshire Police appealed to the public for video footage of the incident.
“We believe this footage, which we understand may be being shared on Tiktok or Snapchat, will lead us to the truth about what happened in Kennerleigh Avenue in Austhorpe in the early hours of last Saturday,” said Senior Investigating Officer Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle in the statement.
As police continue to investigate, Dransfield’s family and friends are reeling from her shocking murder.
“My beautiful princess Chloe,” her mother said in a tribute released on Monday, March 30, the BBC reports. “I cannot put into words how I feel that you are not here with me. You are my life, my world, my best friend and I know that I am yours… I cannot live without you — I need you.”
Chloe’s father wrote, “We miss every single thing about her. She was beautiful, full of joy and had a wonderfully cheeky personality.
“Chloe was loved by everyone who knew her and the absence she leaves behind is immeasurable.
“We will miss her forever, she will never be forgotten. Love you always and forever.”
In a GoFundMe set up to defray funeral costs, the organizer wrote that her cousin “didn’t even make it to her 18th.”
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Suggesting a possible motive for the alleged murder, she claimed, “her whole life was taken in a flash over a boy,” adding that, “her mum is distraught she has left two younger siblings behind.”
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