03/05/2005

Man arrested in double murder case

Police investigating the murder of a teenage mother and her baby daughter in Cornwall have arrested a man.

Devon and Cornwall police confirmed that the man had been arrested in Hampshire and they planned to bring the suspect to Cornwall for questioning.

Police also confirmed that a Peugeot 306 car had also been recovered.

Nineteen-year-old Claire Ford and her 18-month-old daughter Charlotte, who was known as Charlie, were found dead on April 26.

Following post-mortem examinations, it was revealed that mother and daughter had both died from blows caused by a blunt instrument.

The man who has been arrested has so far not been named.

Police had been trying to trace Ms Ford’s fiancé Christopher Adams, who is also Charlie’s father.

(KMcA/SP)

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