'Our little girl went to sleep healthy, but she never woke up and we don't know why'

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The family of a 'bubbly and bright' three-year-old who went to bed 'healthy' but was discovered dead by her brother the next morning have spoken of their anguish over the uncertainty surrounding her tragic death.

Eva Rydings, from Oldham, was found dead and surrounded by vomit in bed at her grandmother's house on June 11 last year. An inquest at Rochdale Coroners Court on Monday (March 13) heard how the three-year-old had appeared 'healthy' and 'normal' before going to bed at around 8pm the night before, except for a mild runny nose.

The inquest heard how Eva had slept on a pull-out bed that was slightly angled, meaning her head potentially laid at an angle higher than the rest of her body.

However, that mattress was described as 'very soft, and Senior Coroner Joanne Kearsley said there was not enough evidence to suggest that this contributed to Eva's death, and ruled that she died from unknown causes. READ MORE: Dad couldn't handle youths playing a prank on him - his rage ended in near-tragedy Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, one of Eva's guardians Shaun Casey, said she 'loved life' and had so much ahead of her. "She came to us at five weeks old, and she was a proper little daddy's girl," he added. "She loved going to the farm with her mum and sister.