A man and a woman are being questioned by police after the decomposed body of a young child was found in a house.
Officers made the grim discovery when they were called to the terraced property in Heaton, Bradford, at about 2.40pm on Wednesday.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "Inquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of death of the child. A 40-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man have been arrested and are in custody."
Police said the dead child was a boy, aged three and a half years.
Officers attended the property after "concerns were raised about the occupants of the house", a police spokesman added.
Detectives are not seeking anyone else in connection with the investigation, and a single Police Community Support Officer was outside the mid-terrace house in Crofton Road.
One neighbour said the woman who lived at the house moved in about two years ago.
She said she did not know her or her large family very well but would often see her bringing in the shopping. She had not seen much of her in recent weeks.
The neighbour, who has lived in the street for six years, said: "It's just such a terrible shock. This really is a quiet area. No one knows what's happened. It's just incredibly sad."
A man and a woman are being questioned by police after the decomposed body of a young child was found in a house.
Officers made the grim discovery when they were called to the terraced property in Heaton, Bradford, at about 2.40pm on Wednesday.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "Inquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of death of the child. A 40-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man have been arrested and are in custody."
Police said the dead child was a boy, aged three and a half years.
Officers attended the property after "concerns were raised about the occupants of the house", a police spokesman added.
Detectives are not seeking anyone else in connection with the investigation, and a single Police Community Support Officer was outside the mid-terrace house in Crofton Road.
One neighbour said the woman who lived at the house moved in about two years ago.
She said she did not know her or her large family very well but would often see her bringing in the shopping. She had not seen much of her in recent weeks.
The neighbour, who has lived in the street for six years, said: "It's just such a terrible shock. This really is a quiet area. No one knows what's happened. It's just incredibly sad."