Tragedy as woman's body is found 'mummified' in her flat

No 1 had seen oregon heard from Amanda Warburton, aged 52, for 7 months, but she was past recovered dormant astatine her flat successful Runcorn, Cheshire, successful a disturbing tragedy

A woman's body was discovered "mummified" successful a level 7 months aft she was past seen oregon heard.

Amanda Warburton, 52, was recovered by constabulary dormant successful her flat successful Runcorn, Cheshire. Her inquest this period heard the woman's decease was "non suspicious".

Cheshire Coroner's Court was told Ms Warburton's assemblage was successful a authorities of terrible decomposition by the clip it was recovered connected September 17. A household subordinate archetypal alerted the unit to concerns astir Ms Warburton, aft noticing her model closed for 2 weeks.

The New Zealand-born pistillate was past recovered dormant successful her location by officers astatine 5.47pm, the Liverpool Echo reported. An inquest astatine Cheshire Coroner's Court connected October 16 heard that Ms Warburton was a "loner".

Senior Coroner Jacqueline Devonish said that Ms Warburton’s origin of decease was ‘unascertained owed to terrible decomposition and mummification’. As such, she ruled an unfastened conclusion, arsenic determination is "no idea" of the circumstances starring to her death.

Her origin of decease was incapable to beryllium determined, the coroner said. Ms Warburton's sister, who lives successful Queensland, Australia started a GoFundMe leafage to rise funds truthful she could instrumentality to the UK.

Announcing her bereavement connected societal media, she wrote: "It is with a precise dense bosom that we denote the passing of our beauteous sister Amanda (Mandy). We are broken. We emotion you enormously and we volition miss you truthful much."

Officers accidental the spot connected Norton Hill was "sparsely furnished", with hardly immoderate nutrient and a heap of message built up down the door. Two newspapers dated February 18 were recovered connected the java table, on with beverage successful the fridge with an expiry of February 19. There was besides a sticker connected the beforehand door, requesting she interaction the lodging association.

Meanwhile, neighbours said they had not seen Ms Warburton for astir 12 months and had noticed a ‘strange smell’ coming from the spot recently. Police described Ms Warburton’s assemblage arsenic being ‘extremely decomposed, to the constituent of being mummified’.

As such, it is suspected that she had passed distant astir 7 months earlier being discovered. However, constabulary accidental determination were nary suspicious circumstances.

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