Girl, 2, was murdered say police

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 07:55 GMT

The scene was cordoned off as tests were carried out

The death of a two-year-old girl in Leeds is being treated as murder after a post-mortem examination was carried out, police have said.
Police were called to an address in the Gipton area following Casey Leigh Mullen's death on Sunday night.
Three men aged 19, 20 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of murder, and are being questioned by detectives.
Residents said they heard a disturbance outside the house on Sunday. Floral tributes have been left near the house.
Messages and flowers lined the footpath for a little girl the neighbours said was cheerful and known as "smiley".
A nearby neighbour said: "A big ambulance came. One of the lads that lives over there, he came over and he just said - she's not breathing. I calmed him down and he went back over and next thing, they brought her out and took her away."


Another resident added: "There was shouting and carrying-on and that's basically all I heard, but obviously, to wake up to this, this morning, it's devastating." And a third said: "There's not a lot you can say, 'cos you don't know just what's happened. It's just unbelievable." The West Yorkshire Police force's Homicide and Major Inquiry Team is investigating the death.