14/12/2005

Bodies found in Yorkshire field

Police have launched an investigation after the bodies of a man and a teenage girl were discovered in a field near Woodsetts, South Yorkshire last night.

Police have named the pair as Carolyn Lemm, 16, from Sheffield, and Lee Smith, 20, from Lincoln.

The bodies were spotted, lying close together in the field, by a police helicopter around 23:20 GMT on Tuesday night.

Post mortem examinations revealed that they died from gunshot wounds.

The alarm had been raised by a teenage girl, who ran to a nearby farmer who contacted police.

A 19-year-old man who was found in a nearby car has been arrested in connection with the incident and has been taken to a police station in Rotherham for questioning.

A firearm, recovered close to the bodies, has also been taken away for forensic examination.

All four people are believed to have travelled together in the car from Sheffield city centre.

(KMcA)




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