Stockport mum found dead in bed having been 'partially eaten by her pet dogs'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum from Stockport who 'adored her dogs' was found dead at home by police after her body had been partially eaten by her pets, an inquest heard.
Sarah Elizabeth Jay was discovered by police in her flat in Lytham, Lancashire, on April 23 this year, after officers noted a number of flies at the window of the property.
As the officers looked through a gap in the curtains, they saw the 54-year-old laid on the bed. When PC Rebecca Bell went inside the flat she 'instantly noticed the smell of death' and found Sarah dead. READ MORE: A loner's three-year online romance ended in hostage horror and a dramatic arrest Her skull, neck and chest were badly decomposed and PC Bell returned to her colleague outside and said: "It's a skeleton," Lancs Live reports.
An inquest at Blackpool Town Hall heard that Sarah, a retired personal trainer who was born in Stockport, had a large amount of morphine in her system.
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