Freckleton vicar and daughter bailed in baby murder case

Reverend James Percival of Holy Trinity Church in Freckleton was arrested on Tuesday

A vicar and his daughter have been bailed after their arrests on suspicion of murdering a baby.

The Reverend James Percival, 64, of Holy Trinity Church in Freckleton, and daughter Ruth, 28, were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child.

His wife Susan, 65, was also arrested on suspicion of concealing a birth.

Lancashire Police said three people have been bailed until 5 March. A post-mortem examination was inconclusive.

A police spokesman said: "The 64-year-old man and 28-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder and conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child and the 65-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child have all been bailed until 5 March 2015."

Further tests to establish how the baby died will be carried out.

Police arrested the vicar and his daughter on Tuesday after reports of a woman giving birth to a stillborn baby boy on 25 November.