{"id":5950,"date":"2012-12-08T15:21:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/12\/08\/police-seek-new-clues-in-death-of-toddler\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:31:12","slug":"police-seek-new-clues-in-death-of-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/08\/police-seek-new-clues-in-death-of-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek new clues in death of toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mariam Alam, 3, died from fatal head injuries a year ago<\/h3>\n
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DETECTIVES investigating the mystery case of a Coventry toddler found with fatal head injuries a year ago are re-appealing for information on the first anniversary of her death.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Three-year-old Mariam Alam died in hospital on 30 November 2011 after ambulance crew were called to the youngster\u2019s aunt\u2019s house in Fisher Road, Foleshill.<\/div>\n

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A 35-year-old man and two women, aged 32 and 25, were arrested and later bailed but to date no-one has been charged over her death.<\/div>\n

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CCTV footage showing Mariam and her mother entering the nearby Lidl store has been released for the first time as West Midlands Police\u2019s sustained bid for answers continues.<\/div>\n

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Police have been handing out appeal leaflets \u2013 translated into several languages \u2013 in the local area and speaking to neighbours and passers-by in the hope of jogging people\u2019s memories.<\/div>\n

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Detectives are sure members of the local community have information that can help progress the enquiry.<\/div>\n

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And they\u2019re specifically appealing for an anonymous male caller, who phoned police on January 9 this year with information that led to two arrests, to get back in touch with the enquiry team.<\/div>\n

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Detective Inspector Chris Hanson from Coventry Police\u2019s Public Protection Department said: \u201cTo lose a child in such circumstances is unimaginable. This was always going to be a distressing and complex case for all involved but despite a number of initially positive lines of inquiry, one year on we are yet to fully understand what happened to Mariam or bring anyone to justice over her death.<\/div>\n

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\u201cSomeone out there knows what happened to Mariam and I\u2019m convinced answers lie in the local community. That\u2019s why, 12 months on, I\u2019m appealing to anyone with information \u2013 no matter how insignificant it may seem \u2013 about Mariam or what happened to her on the day she died to come forward.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI am keen to understand where Mariam was, what she was doing and who she was with in the minutes between leaving Lidl and becoming critically ill.<\/div>\n

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\u201cSomeone may have even overheard a conversation in which people revealed details on the case which never appeared in the media.<\/div>\n

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\u201cAnd I\u2019d particularly urge the person who called us anonymously on 9 January to get back in touch.\u201d<\/div>\n

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The CCTV footage \u2013 available on the force\u2019s YouTube channel – shows Mariam wearing a red flowery dress, white tights and a pink coat walking in front of her mother as they enter Lidl in John Wigley Way at 1pm.<\/div>\n

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They can be seen leaving five minutes later \u2013 but at around 1.20pm paramedics were called to the address in Fisher Road after the child collapsed. Despite the best efforts of medics, the toddler couldn\u2019t be saved.<\/div>\n

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Anyone with information should call Det Insp Hanson on 101. Alternatively, people who do not want to speak with police officers directly can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.<\/div>\n

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