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A 10-YEAR-OLD girl, said to be bubbly and popular, died after swallowing a tablet of ecstasy, police suspected last night.
Jade Slack who is believed to be the
youngest person in Britain to die of a drug overdose
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Jade Slack was spending the afternoon with a 10-year-old friend at a house close to her home near the historic city of Lancaster in England on Sunday when she began to feel ill.
She was taken to Lancaster Royal Infirmary where she died yesterday morning.
Jade is the youngest person in Britain to die of a drug overdose.
Police believe they found ecstasy at the house and say a "strong line of inquiry" is that she had taken ecstasy.
Three people, two women and a man aged 18 to 20, were arrested by police after her death.
Detective Superintendent Ian Jones, who is leading the investigation, said the occupants of the house the children visited were known to Jade's friend.
"We have recovered articles from the house and from one of the people in custody," he said.
"We have reason to believe this may be ecstasy.
"While we cannot at this stage confirm that Jade died directly as a result of this, it is obviously a strong line of inquiry."
Supt Jones said the three people were held in custody and would be questioned further today.
Toxicology tests were being carried out to confirm that ecstasy killed Jade.
Supt Jones said while the 10-year-old girl was "a totally untypical victim", it showed "the horror that drugs can effect".
Jade's parents Simon, a milkman, and Beverley were said to be distraught and unable to comment.
A special assembly was held at Jade's primary school yesterday and many children cried on hearing the news.
"Everyone at the school is terribly shocked by the tragic death of Jade at the weekend," said Barbara White, head teacher at Jade's primary school.
"She was a bubbly, popular girl who will be greatly missed by us all.
"Jade was in many of the school sports teams and scored in the last football match.
"She will be remembered for her friendly nature and ready smile."
The school chaplain Reverend Keith Henshall said he had never known a tragedy like this.
Supt Jones said police became aware of Jade's suspected overdose when they received a call that a young girl was being taken to hospital.
"As a result of that, we followed the issues through and it now appears the girl was indeed out with a friend of similar age and together they visited a home which is known to the friend of the girl that has sadly died," he said.
"While they were there, the girl complained of feeling unwell and she was taken to hospital.
"We now believe that she may have taken some drugs at that home, which resulted in her death."
Jade's death comes almost seven years after 15-year-old Anna Wood, of Belrose, died of an ecstasy overdose in Sydney. The teenager became the first person in NSW to die from the party drug.
She had been partying with friends at the Phoenician Club, Broadway, on the night she died.
The club was closed down shortly after her death.
Daily Telegraph
I feel the title is misleading but it is what the media has put up 'to grab attention'.
Anyway, waiting to see what the toxicology tests show.
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[ 15 July 2002: Message edited by: wazza ]