Grief-stricken mother wheeled badly decomposed body of dead daughter around shopping centre because she 'couldn't bear to part with her'
Daily MailA grief-stricken mother wheeled the badly decomposed body of her dead daughter around a shopping centre in London because she 'couldn't bear to part with her', an inquest has heard. Joan Kathleen Turnell, then aged 77, is believed to have kept her daughter Tracey's dead body at their shared flat in Leyton for 14 months before the grim discovery was made. Peacocks clothing store in Walthamstow where Joan Kathleen Turnell, then aged 77, was stopped by officers as she wheeled her daughter Tracey's dead body in 2023 Ms Turnell denied causing her daughter's death in a heartbreaking statement to the coroner saying: 'I do not know what caused my daughter's death. East London Coroner's court was told that Ms Turnell kept her daughter's body in their shared flat for at least 14 months 'It's clear that her existence was parasitic upon that of her mother,' said Mr Irvine, describing them as 'a very internalised, withdrawn family' who lived 'off the grid'.
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