Mother of dead child arrested
The mother of the three-year-old girl found hanging in her home in the village of Staphorst on Tuesday has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in her death.
Joop Alssema, mayor in the staunchly Protestant town, said the family was not known to the social services department. The mother will appear in court on Friday.
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