The girl died after she was found bleeding in a quiet residential street in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Hero neighbours have told of how they desperately tried to save the life of a teenage girl who was stabbed to death in the street.
A 64-year-old grandad administered CPR to the 16-year-old who he believes was stabbed in the neck and back. She was found unconscious in the street in the early hours of Saturday morning but tragically died later in hospital.
A murder investigation has been launched following the youngster’s teeth. Three adults and one child have been arrested in connection with the incident, reports the Mirror.
Police desperately tried to find the identify the teenager with a public appeal. Eventually they found out she lived with her mum and family in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, 16 miles and half an hour away from the crime scene.
On Sunday she was named locally as Chloe Watson, with friends paying tribute on social media, after her family had been informed.
Two grandfathers had tried to save Chloe, who they discovered wounded in their quiet street. Wayne Mallows, 64, described waking up at 5am, but had seen or heard nothing until a knock at his door 50 minutes later.
He said: ”I was called out of the house about 5.50am on Saturday morning by a dog walker. She said that my neighbour was outside doing CPR on a young girl.”
Mr Mallows said that his neighbour, who had been carrying out the CPR, lives across the street. The girl was on the pavement directly opposite his neighbour’s home on Kennerleigh Avenue, in the Crossgates area of East Leeds.
Mr Mallows, speaking near the quiet street of bungalows with neat gardens, said he “went out” and could see his neighbour “was getting tired”.
He said: “I asked if they’d rung an ambulance and then I realised that a phone was on the ground and he had it on loud speaker. Ambulance control were giving him instructions.”
Mr Mallows, who works in audiology for the NHS, said he’d received mandatory training in CPR on a mannequin, but never performed it in person.
“I took over until the ambulance arrived ten minutes later,” he said. “When the ambulance arrived around 6am the paramedics got all the kit out and tried to reactivate the heart and they were doing chest compressions.
“They did that for about five minutes and then got her into the ambulance. Police were arriving all the time.”
He said she had been stabbed in the back also said there was a wound to her neck. Mr Mallows said he is struggling to get the girl’s face out of his head.
“In my mind I have a picture of her face,” said Mr Mallows. “To me she looked very young, younger than 16.:”
Mr Mallows confirmed that Kennerleigh Avenue and neighbouring streets are normally very quiet, saying: “It is mostly elderly people in the bungalows, they come here to retire.”
Officers said they were called at 5.55am on Saturday to the quiet residential area in Leeds, where she was found with serious injuries.
Initially West Yorkshire Police took the unusual step of releasing her description to ascertain her identity; describing her as a 5ft 2in slim woman aged in her late teens.
But now her friends and family have posted about their devastation and named her on social media, with one saying they were “heartbroken” and said she had so much love for her little sisters.
Paying tribute to the teen, her pals wrote: “Your bubbly personality, your weird laugh, your cringy jokes will forever be unmatched. You always made sure everyone was feeling litty and loved…it’s truly devastating.”
Four people – two women aged 18, a man aged 20 and a 17-year-old boy – were all arrested from a nearby address on suspicion of murder and remain in custody, police said.
Detectives said on Sunday the girl has been positively identified as a 16-year-old from the Cleckheaton area. Her family have been notified and are now being supported by specially-trained officers.
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 inquiries 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.”
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