UK - Chloe Watson, 16, murder inquiry opened, Austhorpe, Leeds, 28 March 2026

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West Yorkshire Police said officers attended Kennerleigh Avenue, Austhorpe, at 05:55 GMT on Saturday after a young woman was found unconscious in the street. [...]

Police said the victim was about 5ft 2ins (1.57m) tall, of slim build with tanned skin.

The force believed the woman was in her mid to late teens, with green eyes and brown hair, with darker roots and blond ends. She also had fixed metal braces to her upper and lower teeth.

Murder inquiry launched after young woman dies in Leeds

Police say a young woman was found unconscious on Kennerleigh Avenue in Leeds on Saturday.

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She had suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for immediate medical treatment, but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

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Four people - two women aged 18, a man aged 20, and a boy aged 17 - were all arrested from a nearby address on suspicion of murder.

All four remain in police custody and a scene remains in place while the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team carry out further enquiries.

Murder investigation launched following death of young woman in Leeds

A young woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being found unconscious in the street, but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

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“We hope by releasing these details that someone will recognise who she is and come forward.

“I am also keen to speak to anyone who was in the Kennerleigh Avenue area in the early hours of this morning, or anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in the vicinity.”

If you can assist this investigation then call 101, or use the live chat options at westyorkshire.police.uk/livechat, quoting log 280 of 28 March.

Information can also be given anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.

Four arrested after 'teenage girl' found dead

Four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after an unidentified woman, who is believed to be a teenager, was found unconscious in a…

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[HollyHunter9]

How strange that they've arrested possible suspects yet don't know the victims identity. Also, you would think if she is a teenager there must be someone missing her?

 

[Sarahlou]

Police have identified a 16-year-old girl who died after being found with serious injuries in Leeds, as four people remain in custody on suspicion of murder.

West Yorkshire Police launched an urgent appeal to identify the victim, and have now confirmed she has been identified as a 16-year-old girl from the Cleckheaton area.

Police identify 16-year-old victim as Leeds murder investigation continues

Police have identified a 16-year-old girl who died after being found with serious injuries in Leeds, as four people remain in custody on suspicion of murder.

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"Now, she has now been named locally as Chloe Watson."

Injured Leeds teenager who later died named locally for first time

The girl was found with serious injuries in Austhorpe on Saturday morning

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[Dotta]

"Stabbed in the back

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038301334860956118

Officers were called at 5.55am on Saturday, 28 March to Kennerleigh Avenue,
a quiet street of bungalows in the suburb of Austhorpe, Leeds.
Neighbours performed CPR to try to save the girl.

Chloe did not live locally
but was from Cleckheaton, around 13 miles from the scene,
according to police.

Four teenagers
– two girls aged 18 and two boys aged 17 and 19 -
were arrested on suspicion of the girl’s murder and are being questioned by officers."

 

[Sarahlou]

From the DM article above:


Tonight, on a fundraising page set up by her cousin, Shantelle, it was claimed that Chloe's 'whole life was taken in a flash over a boy.'

'16 years young (she) didn’t even make it to her 18th,' Shantelle said.

'Her mum is distraught, she has left two younger siblings behind...she didn’t deserve this. She was so full of life, such an innocent beautiful soul taken too soon.'