Baby girl who died at Sheffield house was stabbed, police say

South Yorkshire Police have confirmed that a newborn girl found dead at a residence on Holywell Heights in the Wincobank area of Sheffield died from stab wounds. Officers were called to the property on Sunday morning after concerns were raised for the infant’s safety. Despite the efforts of police and paramedics, the baby was pronounced dead at the scene. Seven individuals, ranging in age from 15 to 37, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Two of the suspects, aged 26 and 37, were initially released on bail; however, on Tuesday police announced that a warrant had been secured to extend the detention of the remaining five while the investigation continues. Detective Chief Inspector Tom Woodward, who is leading the inquiry, said: "We recognise this is profoundly distressing for those who would person loved to person a accidental to emotion this babe girl, for the exigency services who responded and for the assemblage who volition inevitably beryllium shocked by this incident." He added: "Everyone progressive successful responding to this calamity - from the archetypal officers and paramedics connected the country to the detectives present starring the probe - has felt the profound interaction of this investigation." Woodward continued: "Our committedness to this small miss is unwavering. We volition face each hard and distressing situation and prosecute each enactment of enquiry with determination and attraction to unafraid justness for her." He concluded: "We cognize the section assemblage volition clasp her successful their thoughts and enactment america arsenic we enactment done this analyzable investigation." A police spokesperson urged anyone with information that could assist the investigation to contact officers, who remain active in the Holywell Heights area.