Man, 54, arrested after girl, eight, is stabbed to death

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Forensics enter the property at Valley Views in Birmingham on Sunday after an eight-year-old girl was stabbed to death in a domestic incident

Itis thought Billingham - who a friend said had recently been made redundant from a factory job - remains in hospital with police officers at his bedside. Here he is pictured with Mylee

It is thought Billingham - who a friend said had recently been made redundant from a factory job - remains in hospital with police officers at his bedside. Here he is pictured with Mylee

Eight-year-oldMylee has been named as the victim of the stabbing in Brownhills near Walsall. She died after failing to recover from her stab wounds

Eight-year-old Mylee has been named as the victim of the stabbing in Brownhills near Walsall. She died after failing to recover from her stab wounds

BillBillingham (pictured), 54, has been named by locals after his eight-year-old old daughter, Mylee, was found with stab wounds on Saturday night in Valley View in Brownhills near Walsall