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Holiday park teens' cause of death 'inconclusive'

Eleanor MaslinEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Family handout The picture shows two people smiling at the camera. The girl on the left has brown, long hair, and the boy on the right has short brown hair. Family handout
Cherish Bean, 15, and Ethan Slater, 17, died at Little Eden Holiday Park, near Bridlington, on 18 February

The cause of two teenage deaths at a holiday park is yet to be established after initial tests returned inconclusive results, Humberside Police has said.

Ethan Slater, 17, and Cherish Bean, 15, from Sheffield, died at Little Eden Holiday Park, near Bridlington, East Yorkshire, on 18 February.

Det Chief Insp Ben Robinson said that although the post-mortem examinations, which were held on Sunday, were yet to establish a cause, carbon monoxide poisoning remained a primary line of inquiry.

Three men, aged 27, 33 and 42, who had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, have all been released on conditional bail.

Robinson said further testing was required and added investigations to establish the full circumstances surrounding their deaths continued.

He said a cordon remained in place at the site.

The latest update comes after family tributes were paid to the pair on Friday.

Cherish's mother said she was her "perfect girl", while Ethan was described as "the most beautiful young man to walk the earth".

The picture shows a police van which has been parked across an entrance. There is a wooden block with a map on it to the right-hand side of the van. Behind it is a wooden log cabin.
Humberside Police said a cordon at the holiday park remained in place

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