A girl has been charged with homicide in reference to the dying of a child present in woodland 26 years in the past.
Child “Callum” was found near the Gulliver’s World theme park within the Callands space of Warrington, Cheshire, in March 1998 and a homicide investigation was launched.
Joanne Sharkey, of West Derby in Liverpool, was charged with homicide on Monday.
The 54-year-old will seem in custody at Warrington Magistrates’ Courtroom on Tuesday, charged over the child’s dying.
Detective Inspector Hannah Buddy, of Cheshire Police’s Main Crime Evaluate Staff, stated: “I perceive that that is an especially emotional case which has attracted plenty of consideration over the previous twenty-six years, nonetheless I’d ask individuals to not speculate.
“Felony proceedings are actually lively in opposition to Joanne Sharkey, and he or she has the correct to a good trial. This can be very necessary that there ought to be no reporting, commentary or sharing of data on-line which may in any manner prejudice these proceedings.”
A person was arrested in July 2023 however has been launched with out cost, Cheshire Police stated.