The body of Molly Ann Garbutt, 25, was found near Skipton on April 4 after she was reported missing from the Leeds area the day before. Her car had been located near to Dibbles Bridge in Hebden and a large search supported by RAF Mountain Rescue, the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association and a HM Coastguard helicopter was carried out. An inquest to find the cause of death was opened in Wakefield this morning (Wednesday). Area coroner Oliver Longstaff explained that he had received two...
Coroners are called up to investigate any deaths reported to them where it is thought that the circumstances were violent or unnatural, the cause is unknown, or the person died while in prison, police custody or another type of state detention. As well as being responsible for investigating the causes of such deaths, they also have a duty to contact the nearest surviving relatives. The team at Wakefield Coroner’s Office is currently appealing for the public to help in tracing any known relatives...
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last week's discovery of the burnt bodies of a man and a woman on a riverside in Tochigi Prefecture, police said Sunday. They said Ryoken Hirayama, who turned himself in at a police box in Tokyo on Wednesday, is being questioned