COPS PROBE DEATH OF TINY TWIN BOY; Neighbours tell of their shock after tragedy of four-week-old baby.Byline: James Moncur POLICE and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales were yesterday investigating the sudden death of a fourweek-old twin boy. Paramedics were called out in the early hours of the morning but declared little Zach Hathway dead. Tayside Police sealed off a ground floor flat in the Charleston area of Dundee as scene-of-crime officers wearing white forensic suits carried out a fingertip fin·ger·tip n. The extreme end or tip of a finger. search of the area. A trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. , tent and children's toys were scattered around the overgrown overgrown said of a part that has not been kept trimmed. overgrown hoof overgrown hooves put unusual stresses on bones and tendons and allow for distortion of the wall and sole. garden of the rundown property as detectives carried out door-to-door inquiries. The boy's parents, Amanda Hagan, 23, and 25-year-old Tesco worker Ronald Hathway - who have been together for more than five years - have been quizzed by police. They were unavailable for comment last night. It is understood their four kids - Kasey, five, Callum, one, 10-monthold Alanna Alanna may refer to:
Healthy Amanda's daughter, Lucy, from a previous relationship, was also being looked after there. A close family friend said last night: "This is unbelievably sad. Amanda had twins last month but baby Zach had to stay at the hospital because he was only 3lb when he was born. "The other one was healthy. Zach's sugar levels were down and he had to get fed through his nose. Amanda was saying that he was very cute because he was trying to pull the tubes out all the time. "I saw her on Sunday and she was so happy to have Zach home. He was really tiny but up to about 5lb 12oz and very cute. "She was so chuffed that she had twins because she has always said that she wanted six kids - three boys and three girls - and she had that until today." A neighbour added: "This has come as a real shock to the area. The ambulance pulled up and the crew was in there for quite a while trying to help the little one. "We could hear the sounds of crying coming from inside and knew straight away that something bad had happened." She added: "Zach and Ron were born early at Ninewells Hospital a few weeks ago but were doing quite well. "The rest of the family always seemed quite happy - you always saw the kids playing out in the front garden." Last night, a spokesman forTayside Police said inquiries were at an early stage and the youngster's death was being treated as "unexplained". He said a post-mortem was due to be carried out at Yorkhill Hospital, in Glasgow, later this week and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal. CAPTION(S): PARENTS: Amanda Hagan, above, and Ronald Hathway INVESTIGATION: Forensic police in the family's garden LOOKING FOR CLUES: Police in the house where the boy died. Little Zach was just four weeks old |
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