West Midlands Police said last week officers were searching the garden of the home in Clarence Road, Handsworth, after receiving information suggesting there had been a death there in 2020. A man, aged 40, and a woman, aged 41, were arrested on 9 December on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child and a separate case of wilful neglect. Both have been charged with neglect. They have been remanded in custody. Post-mortem tests on the body are due to be held, the police force said. The force said the home’s current occupiers were not connected to the inquiry.
