Bodies of baby and young woman found in Cumbria
Police discover deaths after concern expressed over a woman’s welfare
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Your support makes all the difference.A young woman and a baby have been found dead in a property in Cumbria.
Police were made aware of report expressing concern for the welfare of a woman in Whitehaven just before 3pm on 30 December, Cumbria Constabulary said.
Visiting the address at Wellington Row, officers discovered the bodies of a woman in her twenties and a one-year-old child.
Police are not currently treating the circumstances of the deaths as suspicious, the force said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.
The statement said: “Police attended an address in Wellington Row, Whitehaven, after being made aware at 2.52pm on 30 December of a concern for the welfare of a woman.
“Sadly, two people were found deceased in the address - a woman in her twenties and a one-year-old child.
“There are no suspicious circumstances at this time. The coroner has been contacted.”