A woman’s body was discovered ‘mummified’ in a flat in Liverpool seven months after she was last seen or heard.
Amanda Warburton, 52, was discovered by police dead in her apartment in Windmill Hill, Runcorn on September 17.
Police have said her death was ‘non suspicious’. Cheshire Coroner’s Court heard Ms Warburton’s body was in a state of severe decomposition by the time it was found.
A family member first alerted police to concerns about Ms Warburton, after noticing her window closed for two weeks.
The New Zealand-born woman was then found dead in her home by officers at 5.47pm, the Liverpool Echo reported.
An inquest at Cheshire Coroner’s Court on October 16 heard that Ms Warburton was a ‘loner’.
Her cause of death was unable to be determined, Senior Coroner Jacqueline Devonish said.
Ms Warburton’s sister, who lives in Queensland, started a GoFundMe page to raise funds so she could return to the UK.
Announcing her bereavement on social media, she wrote: ‘It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beautiful sister Amanda(Mandy).
‘We are broken. We love you enormously and we will miss you so much.’
has contacted Ms Warburton’s family for comment.