FRUITPORT, MI -- Police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old Fruitport area girl, Fruitport Community Schools leaders confirmed.

Fruitport Schools Superintendent Jason Kennedy, in a letter to parents issued Monday , Nov. 24, named the girl as Mialah Leak, a fifth-grade student at Shettler Elementary.

Muskegon County prosecutors confirmed that police are investigating and the death is considered suspicious at the moment.

Officers responded to her home later Sunday. A ruling on the cause of the girl’s death is pending.

Fruitport Township Police did not immediately return a call from MLive.

In Kennedy’s letter, he said members of the district’s emotional support team were available to help students cope with the death.

“Mialah was known for her warm smile, kindness toward cla

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