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10
Mar 2023
Inquest opens for Harrogate woman who went missing for two weeks
The inquest of Harrogate woman Judith Holliday, who died after going missing for two weeks last summer, was opened today.
Ms Holliday was 73 when she left her care home in Harrogate on a Saturday morning last September.
When she did not return, her family alerted the police and a search began. Over the following days, the search involved mountain rescue services and the use of drones to try to locate her.
Her family made repeated appeals to try to trace her movements, and sightings were confirmed at Harrogate bus station and on the way to North Rigton.
However, after two weeks of searching, Ms Holliday's body was found adjacent to the level crossing on Dunkeswick Lane, Weeton.
North Yorkshire assistant coroner Alison Norton opened the hearing in Northallerton this morning.
She confirmed Ms Holliday was born in Zimbabwe in July 1949, and died in Weeton on September 10, 2022.
The coroner said a post mortem found the cause of death was unexplained. The inquest was adjourned to a date to be confirmed.
Read more:
- Police searching for missing Harrogate 73-year-old woman find a body
- 'Help us get Judith home' - plea from family of missing Harrogate woman
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