The ‘mummified’ stays of a girl have been found in her flat a yr after she died, and inquest was instructed.
Charlotte Chief, 23, was present in her flat in Bolton, Higher Manchester, on August 6, 2025.
However her mom, Chantay Simm, mentioned Charlotte’s household had not heard from her since September 2021.
Regardless of looking for her, Ms Simm mentioned Charlotte was ‘not possible to search out’. Neighbours mentioned they by no means noticed Charlotte depart her house.
She was found by police who have been conducting a welfare verify after Bolton at House couldn’t achieve entry to the flat for a utility inspection.
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In a social media tribute her household mentioned: ‘Charlotte was a really stunning and gifted younger lady.
‘Her many skills have been taking part in the guitar and keyboard and he or she additionally had a love for artwork.
‘She was beloved tremendously by the household and shall be missed on daily basis.’
A coroner mentioned Charlotte’s flat was ‘immaculate’ when police investigated and that there was no proof to counsel suicide.
Assistant coroner Stephen Teasdale instructed Bolton Coroner’s Court docket that she ‘suffered from psychological well being points’, including: ‘In time she turns into a stranger from the household, she pushes individuals away, and he or she disengages from the psychological well being companies as effectively.’
Mr Teasdale mentioned there have been ‘no illicit medicine discovered on the scene’ and that nothing in Charlotte’s diaries would ‘counsel that as an issue’.
He additionally mentioned Charlotte declined an appointment with psychological well being companies in 2022 and that she had no additional contact with them.
The 23-year-old’s sister, Caroline Calow, mentioned Charlotte was ‘actively attempting to keep away from contact’ and that she had a historical past of consuming problems, together with bulimia, from ‘fairly a younger age’.
When police investigated, the one conversations they discovered on her cellphone have been between her and ChatGPT, which Charlotte requested to assist her.
The final message she wrote, dated July 30, 2024, mentioned: ‘Assist me, I’ve went and acquired meals once more.’
The AI chatbot replied: ‘You sound conflicted about having meals.’
Charlotte replied: ‘It’s meals that I didn’t need and that’s irritating.’
Detective Inspector Paul Quinn mentioned there have been different messages in the identical context. Charlotte solely exchanged messages with ChatGPT.
He mentioned police discovered ‘no suggestion’ Charlotte meant to commit suidicide.
Her fridge had meals in it with sell-by dates of July 2024.
It was tough to look at Charlotte’s stays as she had turn out to be ‘mummified’, in line with Dr Andrew Coates, a pathologist at Royal Bolton Hospital, who mentioned it was ‘not unreasonable’ for this to take round a yr to happen.
Mr Teasdale closed the inquest with an open conclusion, which means there was inadequate proof to find out a reason for dying.
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