A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a three-year-old girl was found dead at a house, police said today.

A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a three-year-old girl was found dead at a house, police said today.

Officers discovered the youngster's body at a property in Milverton Road in the Erdington area of Birmingham at 5.30pm on Saturday.

A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said a woman in her 20s was arrested on Saturday and remains in police custody.