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Baby found dead near Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, named as Lacey May Oxford

Staffordshire Police have named a three-month-old girl who died on 5 September near Great Wyrley as Lacey May Oxford. Four people arrested on suspicion of murder remain on conditional bail and the death is still treated as unexplained.

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Image: Daily Mirror
Image: Daily Express

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The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2Staffordshire Police have named a three-month-old girl who died near Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, as Lacey May Oxford. Right · 1Paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service were responding to a report of a baby in cardiac arrest, and police were called to land off Strawberry Lane at 8.45am on Saturday 5 September. Mixed · 2She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mixed · 2Police are treating the death as "unexplained" and say enquiries are continuing; the Daily Mirror adds that police had previously described the incident as isolated. Mixed · 2Four people were previously arrested on suspicion of murder: a 42-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman from south Staffordshire, a 20-year-old woman from Wolverhampton and an 18-year-old man from Walsall. Right · 1All four remain on conditional bail, police said.

Mixed · 2The Mirror reports the baby died while camping with family near a fishing lake, and that police urged people not to share "unconfirmed and speculative" claims online; the Express describes the location as woodland and does not mention camping.

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Left1 outlet

Framing
Breaking-news report on the naming, with the family camping context and a police warning against speculation.
Emphasis
Camping with family, the arrests and the appeal against speculation.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not give the time or the Strawberry Lane location.
For example
“Police have urged people not to share "unconfirmed and speculative" claims about the case online.” — Daily Mirror

Centre0 outlets

No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Right1 outlet

Framing
Reports the police statement, quoting it at length, in a sympathetic tone.
Emphasis
Exact time, location and the full police statement.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention camping, the fishing lake or the appeal against speculation.
Charged language
“tragically passed away”
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“Lacey May Oxford was three months old when she tragically passed away in early September, Staffordshire Police said.” — Daily Express