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DR ADELEY: There are countless
factors that can lead to your death.
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As Senior Coroner, I deal with
nearly 4,500 fatalities a year.
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NARRATOR: The coroner can make
any inquiries necessary
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to find a cause of death.
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The police act
on behalf of the coroner.
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If the coroner asks, then we do it.
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We need to be alert
to the fact that
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there could be something
more sinister in this.
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With unprecedented access,
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we follow
the coroner's full investigation.
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It does make you realise
how fragile life is.
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Let's start
and just work our way up.
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Forensic medicine is
all about being very suspicious.
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From the moment
of arrival in the mortuary
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to the final conclusion
of the inquest.
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All rise.
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I'm sorry that you're attending
court under these circumstances,
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and I appreciate that the evidence
that you will hear today
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may be distressing.
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I never thought I'd ever find myself
in a coroners court.
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You shouldn't have to organise
a funeral for your children.
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If you die here,
if it's violent, unnatural,
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or of an unknown cause,
it's my job to find out how.
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Detective Inspector Paul Price
has just returned
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from the scene
in countryside north of Bolton.
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It's a male who's been found
face down at the side of a wall.
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It looks as though he's been there
for a couple of clay, I'd say.
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When we searched him, there was
no phone, there was no wallet on him
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to give us any indication who he is.
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It is very strange.
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His jacket had been taken off
and placed over the top of him,
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almost like a quilt or a cover.
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He's got a pair
of wellington boots underneath him,
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which were no longer on his feet.
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Worryingly, his pants
had been pulled down slightly.
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Ancl when we've rolled him over,
he's got an injury to his cheek.
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He's also got quite
a significant injury to his ear.
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There was a pair of pliers
which were found next to him,
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so you've gotta look
for torture injuries.
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The body was lay against the wall,
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and the wall itself is
at the side of a single-track road.
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It's not far from a car park.
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So, you're asking yourself,
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"Has someone taken him there
in a vehicle
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"and effectively placed him
over the wall to hide him?"
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So... it's strange.
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The weather today
is absolutely awful.
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It's lashing down with rain,
sideways wind,
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so we've had to
forensically recover him
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and take him
through to the mortuary.
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It's absolutely awful to think
that someone's been up there
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on their own for two clays,
so it's our job now
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to try and identify him
as quickly as we can
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and establish what's happened
to him.
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PHONE RINGS
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DI PRICE ON PHONE:
'Hi, Dr Adeley, you OK?'
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I'm fine, thanks.
'|'m coming to you with a query.
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'Basically,
we've had a man pass away,
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'and he's been found
in quite suspicious circumstances.
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'He was in a field, his wellington
boots were at the side of him,
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'and his coat was over his head.'
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Do we have any idea who he is?
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'No, we're really struggling
at the minute.
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'He didn't have any ID on him
at all, he didn't have a phone.
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'We've ran him
through the fingerprint machine,
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'and that's come back as negative.'
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Nothing on missing persons?
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'No, I've reached out
to the neighbouring forces as well.
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'There's nothing on
at this present time.'
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OK, do we have any idea
how long he's been there?
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'I'd say he's been there
for at least a couple of clays.
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'There's slight decomposition
which has already started.
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'He had a little bit of his ear
missing and an injury to his face,
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'and I'm not happy with it,
so I'm coming to you
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'just to request a Home Office,
if that's OK?'
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I agree entirely,
I think you need a Home Office.
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'Yeah, no worries,
and I'll keep you in the loop.'
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Thanks a lot, Paul, take care.
'Thank you, bye-bye.'
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Home Office post-mortems are used
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either where there are
suspicious circumstances
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or the circumstances
are simply unknown or strange.
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Home Office pathologists
have additional training
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in detecting criminal action
to determine whether or not
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any third party has been involved
in the death.
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DI Paul Price must look
for any CCTV cameras in the area
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that may reveal
how the man ended up in the field.
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This is a map of Rivington.
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It's a very, very rural area.
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The male was found here,
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which is not far
from the actual reservoir itself.
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So I've tasked officers
to blitz that area predominantly.
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CCTV is proving really difficult
for us,
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just because of
how rural the area is.
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We've got a few cameras along here,
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but we've then expanded that out
a good mile away up this way,
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a mile away that way as well,
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and all the entry points
from the west and the east as well.
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We've not been able to find anyone
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who matches the mate's description
on the cameras.
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It is really difficult
because we don't know what clay,
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what time, how he got there.
Did he come in a vehicle?
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Ancl with it being
the middle of winter as well,
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it gets dark very, very quickly,
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so we've not got much daylight hours
to work with.
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In the modern world, you've got
so many investigative opportunities,
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but this case
doesn't really have any of them.
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We've not really got the CCTV,
we've not got a phone,
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we've not got a vehicle.
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You need to know
who your victim is, really,
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in order to concentrate
your inquiry, so it is frustrating.
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Cases like this
are extremely unusual.
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If you think about the ID
that you have on you
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if you were out and suddenly died,
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you'd have your phone on you,
you'd have bank cards on you,
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you might have a driving license
on you.
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You could have receipts
as to where you've been shopping.
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This is a man who's found alongside
a wall in a field in Rivington,
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in terrible weather,
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and we have no idea at all
who he is.
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NARRATOR: In Preston,
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Detective Inspector Paul Price
is trying to identify a man
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found dead in a field
north of Bolton.
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I've checked the current outstanding
missing persons on our systems,
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and I've also sent that out
to neighbouring forces
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and there's no-one that matches
that description at the moment.
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So we need to go bigger,
effectively,
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and we need to send that out
on a social media appeal.
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The description for the male
that I've put out is
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a 40- to 50-year-old male,
a dark goatee-style beard,
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wearing a green Foxy jacket
and green-coloured wellington boots.
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The thing that really stands out
more than anything
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is he's got an orange Casio
digital watch, quite distinctive.
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I think if any member of your family
had that, you'd notice it.
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So that's gonna be the focus
of our appeal.
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As well as posting on social media,
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DI Paul Price is sending
a photograph of the man's face
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to the police
facial recognition database.
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The photograph goes through
to headquarters,
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they will then run that photograph
through the system
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to see if there's any matches
which do come back.
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With suspicion of third party
involvement in the man's death,
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the coroner has ordered
a Home Office post-mortem.
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Having the pathologist come
and do an intrusive post-mortem,
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they can assess
what could potentially be
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injuries beneath the skin
a little bit better.
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We do need to be alert
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to the fact that there could be
something more sinister in this.
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Forensic pathologist Dr Matthew
Lyall has been assigned to the case.
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OK, if you just say
white adult male,
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appears middle aged,
80 kilograms in the bag,
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and 167 centimetres in height.
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Ancl so body generally clamp
with some adherent vegetation.
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A Crime Scene Investigator
will photograph the process.
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OK, and a new paragraph,
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you'd say the eyes are softened
and discoloured.
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Nose intact.
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Matt, would you be able to tell us
what colour his eyes are?
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I'm just thinking for the appeal
and stuff like that.
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They're all discoloured
clue to post-mortem changes, really.
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As well as looking
for identifying features,
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Dr Lyall is searching for any
evidence of third party involvement.
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OK, faint bruise, three by two.
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Inner surface knee.
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Small bruise. Top front thigh.
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The main problem with him,
at the moment,
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is just that he's starting
to decompose,
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and that becomes
a much more challenging...
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It's usually pretty easy
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to determine
if something's a bruise or not.
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But the process of decomposition
also affects blood vessels,
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so blood vessels can start to leak
and it will just simulate bruising.
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And then next...
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ragged loss of... left ear lobe
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and lower helix,
exposing soft tissue,
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which is slightly blood stained.
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Are you able to tell
if that's healing at all
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or if it's old or new or...?
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I don't think it's healing,
looks recent. Recent.
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But there's clearly
a piece of the ear missing, though.
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OK, so next is outer left cheek.
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Gaping, irregular injury
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which is approximately
5.5 centimetres in length.
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Quite peculiar-looking injuries,
really.
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You've literally had no-one say
who they think he is?
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Not at all. Even like other forces
and stuff like that haven't...
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Nothing?
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Contacted all of them,
put it on the NCA website. Nothing.
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Weird that he has no phone on him,
though, or anything.
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We've clone a full search
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of all the fields as well around it,
nothing there.
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47-year-oldjane Hubberstey
has been transported
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to Royal Preston Hospital.
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She was found unconscious at home
by a relative,
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hadn't been seen for a clay or two,
which was out of character forjane.
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I rang her on Friday morning...
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because I was going
to take her shopping.
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When she didn't answer the phone,
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that was when I really thought
something seriously was wrong.
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Ancl I went in, and she was
just lying there, her eyes open.
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There were a number of things
of concern,
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the main thing being that
her conscious level was quite low.
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She was known to be diabetic,
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and there was a feeling that
she hadn't been taking her insulin.
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So with that complexity
of situation,
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the most appropriate place
for her to come
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was to the intensive care unit.
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She'd had a lot of episodes
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of various sorts of self-harming
over a long, long time...
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...so possibly it was just one more,
I don't know.
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She was kept there
for quite a few weeks,
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and then they transferred her
upstairs
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to enhanced care for about 13 weeks.
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Jane had developed a brain injury
as a result of being unconscious
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and unable to breathe by herself.
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So it became apparent that
she wasn't going to come out of it.
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They were talking about
just letting her go,
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you know, fade away.
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Ancl then I got a call...
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about nine o'clock,
to say she'd actually cited.
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Yeah, so that was the actual end.
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Any deaths that occur in hospital
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are reviewed
by the medical examiners.
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Hi, Amy.
Hi, Alice, thanks for coming down.
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It's a lady called Jane Hubberstey,
she's 47.
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She's come in, and there seems to be
quite a few admissions previously,
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four or five,
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where she didn't take her insulin
for a prolonged period of time,
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and that was with an intention.
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Is there anything on record
about the levels of insulin?
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Were there any bloods taken
on admission to look at...?
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I would probably have to
run that past a diabetic clinician
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if you wanted further details.
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So, it's a combination
of overdosing and not taking. Yeah.
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And all those times,
they've brought her into hospital?
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They have.
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According to records,
she does have depression
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and she's under
the mental health team.
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I'll go have a chat with the family,
try and get a more information
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about the days leading up
to her admission. Yeah.
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Once I've got that information,
I'll give the coroner a call
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and see what they want to do.
Perfect.
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Thank you. Cheers.
Thanks, Alice.
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She came into the world backwards
in 1976,
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weighing two pounds, ten ounces,
and she was feisty, you know.
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She had that bit of spirit
that she survived.
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All through her life,
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she's faced a lot of things
to do with illness.
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She's been quite tough in that way,
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but very, very vulnerable
in other ways.
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She loved animals, she always did.
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Her favourite friend was
a little jack Russell terrier
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who she had for 14 years.
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When he had to be put down,
that was terribly dramatic,
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you know, she was very...
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very, very sad to lose Patch.
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Patch was her mate, her best friend.
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She trained, when she left school,
as a nursery nurse,
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but she never really
had chance to do it
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because by then she was
getting quite... disturbed, really.
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Er, she had anxiety...
and the self-harming.
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She never actually worked.
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Jane had Type 1 diabetes
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that she managed with insulin.
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Because we don't have the levels of
the insulin on her admission bloods,
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we don't know whether
she's done an intentional overdose
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or not taken enough of her insulin.
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She knows that too much of it
can cause her harm,
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she also knows that
too little can cause her harm.
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What we need to look at
is whether this was actually
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an attempt to take her own life.
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Jane Hubberstey
is a 47-year-old lady.
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She is the type of diabetic that
requires insulin on a daily basis.
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She is in a situation where
her blood sugar is much too high.
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This indicates
she hasn't taken enough insulin.
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She also has a long-term history
of mental health complaints,
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this has resulted in self-harm
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and some suicide attempts
resulting in hospital admission.
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The question here is whether she's
deliberately not taken her insulin,
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or alternatively,
there's another process going on
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that is causing her
to lose her diabetic control.
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What is going on is very unclear.
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This case will definitely go
to inquest.
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You find yourself thinking about it.
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It's at the back your mind
all the time, how sudden it was.
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Whatever the episode was...
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...|'m interested
to hear the evidence
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of what happened on that clay
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because there've been
so many episodes before.
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I'd like to know
the actual cause of death.
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NARRATOR: In Preston,
Detective Inspector Paul Price
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is attending
a Home Office post-mortem
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on an unidentified man
found in a field.
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He had a bit of his ear
that was missing.
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He also had a large gash
to the side of his face.
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Difficult to say what could
have caused that at the minute,
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but we've also gotta keep
our options open.
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It could be the result
of an assault,
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so that's something else
we've gotta keep considered,
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just cos it's such a strange death.
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OK, heart valves are normal.
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The pulmonary arteries are clear.
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The coronaries have normal anatomy,
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there's no sign of a heart attack.
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And then next,
this is the structures in the neck.
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Is there any chance
that he's been strangled?
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Well, that's one of the things we're
sort of looking for at the minute,
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just to see if there's injury
to them.
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Ancl they're intact in this one,
so...
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The brain is 13-92.
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OK, I'll have a little look
at the brain further.
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There's some blood on it
which shouldn't be there,
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and it can be a sign of injury
to the head.
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Well, is that significant or not?
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The most common explanation
for that is blunt head trauma.
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Ancl so what you normally find in a
subdural haemorrhage that is fatal
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is a large mass of blood that
is sort of compressing the brain.
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Now, we don't know
if that picture here,
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but it could still represent
a blunt impact of some kind
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to the head or face.
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In a way, we're sort of operating
in the dark for a lot of this
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because we do not know who he is,
we know nothing about him,
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we know nothing
of his medical history,
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so no cause of death at this stage.
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I think we put the brain in fixative
for a period of time
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so it then can be examined
in much more detail
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than it would be if we were
to just examine it now. OK.
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These samples will be sent
to the laboratory, made into slides.
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I'll examine those to get an idea
of what diseases are present,
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and we need to do the toxicology.
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Ancl I think that will
hopefully allow us
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to come to some sort of resolution
as to why he's died, if possible.
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OK.
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It's a really tragic
set of circumstances.
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I mean, this gentleman
will have friends, family somewhere
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that we've not managed
to identify yet.
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Ancl to think that he's going through
this process today
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and none of his friends
and family are aware.
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The joint investigation
by the coroner and police
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into the man's death
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is now dependant on
the forensic pathologist's report.
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Meanwhile, DI Price needs
to continue his police search
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to find out who the man is.
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We've had a potential match
come back
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from the facial recognition check.
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In terms of his nose,
in terms of his eyes,
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I can see, certainly see,
why this has come back as a match
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cos they are very similar.
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So really hopeful
that it could be the male.
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We have identified family members
who are still local in Preston.
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Hopefully, this gives us that lead
to identify this male.
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47-year-oldjane Hubberstey
died in hospital
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after being in a coma for 13 weeks.
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She had consented
to become a tissue donor.
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Investigations into Jane's death
are ongoing.
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However, the coroner has agreed
that the donation can go ahead.
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We looked into
her medical history
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and she has suitability
for corneal donation only.
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NURSE: Everyone ready?
Yeah.
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Ready, steady, slide.
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And ready, steady, to“.
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Our coroner is really supportive
of donation.
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He feels that this
very much wouldn't interfere
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with his investigation work.
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'The coroner can then investigate
and look at the cause of death.'
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So, first, Cecily's gonna
gently dissect the very fine layer
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of membrane and connective tissue
that surrounds the eye.
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00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,855
So, we have a lot more flexibility
than an organ.
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They don't have to match it
to blood type.
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So these can go in for anyone
who needs corneal transplants.
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Time?
17:30.
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This set of eyes will go into
the tissue bank to be prepared,
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and then they'll send them out
to an ophthalmic surgeon.
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We're so low on corneas.
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I think a lot of the time
when people realise
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that this can help restore
the sight of up to ten people
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is when they think,
"That's a huge thing to do
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"for someone else,
and such a life changing thing."
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Her next of kin was really pleased
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that this is something
she'd be able to do.
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If some good can
come out of this situation,
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00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,055
you know, power to their elbow,
let them do it.
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If it can do somebody else
some good, then all the better.
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The Coroner's team
are investigating
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the circumstances
around Jane's death.
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JEAN ON PHONE:
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Hi, is that Jean?
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00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,015
I've spoken with the medical
examiners here at the hospital.
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00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,375
Ancl they've talked about
the previous admissions
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in January and March.
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00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,815
OK, so were those
intentional overdoses of insulin
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or she's intentionally not taken
enough insulin,
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00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,455
are you aware of those?
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00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,735
All those episodes where
she's been brought in to hospital,
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00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,295
she's rung the ambulance herself
and got admitted,
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00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,975
it wasn't that somebody's found her?
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00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:08,455
Yeah.
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00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,935
I believe she was found collapsed
at the home address.
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00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,015
Was she on the floor?
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00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,055
She was on her bed, OK.
That's fine.
400
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,935
Have you found any notes, were there
any notes or anything like that?
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00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,615
No notes, OK.
402
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,615
Do you know if she
expressed any suicidal thoughts
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00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,975
or anything about mental health,
about self-harming?
404
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,415
Mm-hm.
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00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:41,775
OK.
406
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,175
She's got an history of self-harming
right going back a long time.
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00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,575
I first became aware of it
when she was in her early teens,
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00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,455
but she told me not that long ago
that she started when she was eight.
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00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,015
You would sense her mood,
that she was down.
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00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,735
She would sometimes be very quiet.
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Ancl I knew that she was feeling,
you know, particularly depressed.
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Ancl that she was,
in moods like that,
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she was liable to self-harm.
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00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:20,975
She just built up...
415
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,575
...to a crisis...
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where to hurt herself physically
was a substitute for mental pain.
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00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:36,535
You know, she'd been cutting herself
or overdosing,
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or she'd had an overnight
in hospital
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because she overdosed or something.
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00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:45,055
She would tell me.
It would sort of come out.
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00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,615
Ancl I think, to that extent,
she trusted me.
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00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:52,295
She knew I was there for her.
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I hope I gave her enough of my time.
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00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,615
This is probably a difficult case
425
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,975
because we're not
quite sure what's happened.
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00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,935
We don't know whether
she's intentionally tried
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00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,855
to take her own life,
cos there's no note left.
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00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,255
We don't know whether she's just
had a natural medical event.
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00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,935
It's really hard because if somebody
doesn't leave a suicide note,
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00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,415
depending on how they've died...
431
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,855
it can make it quite difficult
for us to understand
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00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,295
whether there was an intention there
to take their own life.
433
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,655
The identity of a man found dead
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00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,215
in a rural area of Lancashire
is still unknown.
435
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,055
His face has been matched with that
of a man on the police database,
436
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,975
so DI Paul Price
is heading to meet the man's family.
437
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,255
We're going to the address
of a family member,
438
00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,895
which is the mate's mother.
439
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:03,415
It's a bit of a strange feeling
to have to make this journey
440
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,215
because you're kind of
in two minds with it.
441
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:09,135
Whilst I'm keen
to identify the male,
442
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,575
the family that we're going to see,
that's a loved one,
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00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,095
that's someone in their life.
444
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:17,335
So I have to be really sensitive
in how I conduct this inquiry.
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00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,975
KNOCKING
446
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,815
Hiya, sorry to bother you, I'm from
the police, nothing to worry about.
447
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,735
Am I all right stepping in
for a second?
448
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:39,935
Thank you.
449
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,695
On the seventh of December,
450
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,455
there was a male who was found
deceased up at Rivington.
451
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,095
And what makes you say that?
452
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,215
OK, if you're saying
you've seen him, then...
453
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,615
Thank you, cheers. Bye-bye.
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00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,455
Spoken to mother of this male,
455
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,535
and the chances of it being him
are highly unlikely.
456
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,775
You want to be able
to give people answers.
457
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,375
You wanna get answers for yourself
as well.
458
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,255
Every avenue we're going down,
we're just hitting dead-ends.
459
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,935
Hi, Amy.
Morning, Alice.
460
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,295
I just wondered if you've got
an update on Jane Hubberstey?
461
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,695
Ah, yes, so we spoke to
the diabetic clinician,
462
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,095
who was a registrar.
OK.
463
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,575
His sort of conclusion
on events that have happened
464
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:56,015
is there were no admission bloods
taken or insulin levels.
465
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,375
And this was purely
because it wouldn't have changed
466
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,735
the outcome or the treatment
Jane would have received. OK.
467
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:05,375
It's really difficult to try and
pinpoint what her intentions were.
468
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,135
OK. That's great.
469
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,535
OK. Brilliant, thanks, Alice.
Thanks for your help, thank you.
470
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,255
It's the day
of Jane Hubberstey's funeral,
471
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,055
and her family is still searching
for answers.
472
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,215
I shall rememberjane fondly.
473
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,735
I think the whole thing, you know,
474
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,975
in some ways
an accident waiting to happen.
475
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,455
Ancl it may have been an accident.
476
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:43,495
My feeling is that she didn't
actually, deep down, want to die.
477
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,255
In the case of the unknown man
found in a field,
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00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,295
Lancashire Police
have commissioned a portrait artist
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00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,375
to create
the most accurate image possible
480
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,135
in a last attempt to identify him.
481
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,215
I need to work
from post-mortem photographs.
482
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,975
My job is
to make drawings presenting him
483
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,215
as much like
he might have looked in life.
484
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:33,015
You just have to hope
that somebody will recognise
485
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,055
and say
"Hang on, that's my neighbour,"
486
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,215
or "I know him,
I've seen him in the shop."
487
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,055
This is just about clone. I think so.
488
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,535
Ancl then I'm going to try
and pack it very carefully
489
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,735
ready for its journey to Lancashire.
490
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,815
DI PRICE: I've only ever seen him
at his worst,
491
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,095
so seeing him
how you would expect him to look
492
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,575
when he was alive and well,
493
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,775
it's a bit of a strange feeling,
to be honest.
494
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:33,015
So, my plan now is
I'm gonna take some photographs,
495
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,135
get that out to Interpol,
get it out to the NCA.
496
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,535
He might not be local to Lancashire.
He might be from another country.
497
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:40,975
So, this image,
498
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,335
I'm pinning quite a lot
on getting me an answer
499
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,535
for this man and for his family.
500
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,855
NARRATOR: The police and the coroner
501
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,575
have been working
alongside each other
502
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,935
to try and establish
both the identity
503
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:05,735
and the cause of death of a man
found in a field north of Bolton.
504
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:09,415
The Home Office post-mortem report
has been returned.
505
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,015
At the moment,
506
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:15,575
there is no third party suspected
of being involved in his death.
507
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,015
That does not mean that
a third party did not take him
508
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,415
to that location
and leave him there.
509
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,815
Toxicology in this man was negative
510
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,455
for any compounds that might have
caused or contributed to his death.
511
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,455
There are three possible causes
raised by the post-mortem report.
512
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:37,775
Heart disease, fatty liver
or possible hyperthermia.
513
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,815
But there is no way to determine,
514
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,495
without the information,
as to how he got them,
515
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,855
what his past medical history is,
516
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,735
as to which one
is his cause of death.
517
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,655
If the family were found,
we have a name.
518
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:55,295
With a name, we may have a chance
of contacting his GP.
519
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,175
Therefore,
his cause of death is unascertained.
520
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:05,135
It's the day of 47-year-old
Jane Hubberstey's inquest.
521
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,615
For the first time,
522
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,335
all those involved in Jane's case
before her death
523
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,575
will come together
to present their evidence.
524
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,335
JEAN: I don't know
what I'm expecting.
525
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,175
I hope it's a verdict
of misadventure.
526
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,255
One of the strongest pieces
of evidence here
527
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,455
is the repeated assertion byjane
528
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,815
that she's going to take
her own life.
529
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,695
But this does not mean
that she would do so.
530
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,735
People will say this quite often,
531
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,215
but not actually intend
to take their own life.
532
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:42,575
The difficulty here is working out
what Jane's intentions were
533
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,615
at the time, if indeed she had any.
534
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:49,495
We have the physical
healthcare trust coming
535
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,735
with their clinicians to talk
about the hospital admission.
536
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,815
We have the mental healthcare trust
coming to talk
537
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:01,535
about Jane's mental health
conditions and how she was behaving.
538
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,175
With any case,
you do not pre-judge the outcome.
539
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,815
Is it jean?
It is.
540
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,095
Alice Swarbrick,
coroner's office manager.
541
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,615
How are you feeling?
542
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,415
OK.
OK.
543
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,775
So, the coroner's provided
a witness list,
544
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,415
each individual witness
will give their evidence one by one,
545
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,215
and at the end of each witness,
546
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,495
we'll then ask you, "Do you have
any questions for that witness?"
547
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:30,575
This is one of these inquests
where you're walking into court
548
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,535
with information
549
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,535
but no idea of which way
the case is going to develop.
550
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,055
OK? All rise.
551
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:50,495
DR ADELEY: I'm very sorry
that you're attending court
552
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,855
under these circumstances.
553
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,215
Could you tell me
the position that you hold?
554
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,655
I'm a respiratory consultant
at the Royal Preston Hospital
555
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,255
working on
the respiratory high care unit.
556
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,815
In terms of precipitating factors
for a diabetic ketoacidosis,
557
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,175
one of these, I believe,
is infection.
558
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,495
Were there any signs of infection
when she was admitted to hospital?
559
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,215
So when she was admitted,
560
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:17,495
she did have raised inflammatory
markers in the white cell count,
561
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,495
which did rise quite rapidly.
562
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,055
There was some evidence
of chest infection.
563
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,895
What were her inflammatory markers
on admission, please?
564
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,255
Her white cell count was 9.92,
565
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:32,135
and it went up
to 23 within a matter of hours.
566
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,935
What would your interpretation
of that be?
567
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:39,175
For me, that would indicate there
was probable underlying infection.
568
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,095
Taking the picture as a whole,
569
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,015
it looks like
she has developed an infection
570
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,095
leading towards
a diabetic ketoacidosis,
571
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,935
not the other way around.
Yes.
572
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,055
I agree with that looking at
the blood markers at that time.
573
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,535
Jane is losing diabetic control
574
00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:00,255
because she has got a serious
and underlying infection.
575
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,535
So, consequently, the conclusion
that I propose to return
576
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:08,615
in this case is thatjane Elizabeth
Hubberstey died of natural causes.
577
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,255
This was not on my horizon
when I walked into court.
578
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:21,655
The inquest unfolded
in a very unexpected manner.
579
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,335
On questioning
the hospital consultant,
580
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,375
it rapidly started
to become apparent
581
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,015
thatjane had
an underlying pneumonia,
582
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,375
a significant lung infection,
583
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,215
and this has destroyed
her diabetic control.
584
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:38,295
Ancl she's collapsed before
she can give herself more insulin.
585
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,775
Because the evidence given by
the clinician developed so quickly
586
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,495
and so comprehensively,
587
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:48,175
there is then no need to consider
the mental health team's,
588
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:49,895
"Was she trying
to take her own life?
589
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,695
"Was she crying for help?"
590
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:54,415
Because that's now irrelevant.
591
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,295
This is a physical illness
592
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:59,655
that is driving the entire process
and causing her death.
593
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,775
JEAN: I, er...
594
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,775
I used to take her shopping
every week.
595
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,975
We often had pub lunch afterwards.
596
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,375
As you reflect on it,
597
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,335
I think you'll always think,
"Could have I clone more?
598
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,095
"Should I have clone more?"
599
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,415
I think that's just generally part
of the grieving process.
600
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,215
It does seem...
601
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,135
...less tragic that...
602
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:57,055
...that she died of natural causes.
603
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,495
Still very sad, of course.
604
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,535
But deep down,
I don't think she wanted to die.
605
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,815
Jane liked it here,
606
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:12,015
and she always ordered gammon,
egg and chips...
607
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,295
...with garden peas.
608
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,455
Woe betide me
if I ordered mushy peas.
609
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:40,255
With no official cause of death,
identity, or next of kin,
610
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:44,135
the unknown man found in a field
remains in the mortuary
611
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,575
at Royal Preston Hospital.
612
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,295
MORTUARY WORKER:
Right. Everything's locked up.
613
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,495
Heater's put out. We're done.
614
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,615
I've never been
in this situation before
615
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,495
where we have no idea
who this person is.
616
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,335
We can't trace relatives
because of this.
617
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,655
We're starting to get to the point
where we will have to do something
618
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:13,535
with his body, and we will have to
look at options of do we bury him?
619
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,815
Does he remain
in the mortuary fridge?
620
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,175
Does he need freezing?
621
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:22,735
It's just sad that someone out there
hasn't noticed he's missing.
622
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,575
DI PRICE: Failing to identify him,
I'm absolutely gutted to be honest.
623
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,095
I really thought,
after three months' time,
624
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:41,415
we'd have got that name.
625
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,935
I will continue
to do what I can locally.
626
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,375
I'll keep linking him with the NCA,
I'll keep linking him with Interpol
627
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,335
just because all it takes
is that one call.
628
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,855
I received an email
from a gentleman in Poland
629
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,175
stating that he's not seen or heard
from his brother
630
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,695
since November last year,
631
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:16,455
which obviously fits in
with the timeline.
632
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,015
He said that there was a similarity
between his brother
633
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,415
and the artist's impression.
634
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,095
The key thing as well really
was the orange Casio watch
635
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,895
that, he believes,
is his brother's watch.
636
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,495
He last physically saw his brother
20 years ago.
637
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:35,295
So the next step is try
and tie the male via his DNA.
638
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,615
We're gonna have to look at
family members and familial DNA.
639
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,655
This is massively important for me.
640
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,935
It's a case which I've really taken
to heart over the past few months,
641
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,695
because there's a family,
someone's lost a brother,
642
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:49,055
someone's lost a relative.
643
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:53,295
So for me, it's vital that
we're able to identify this male.
644
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,935
Received a referral
from the police for a young lady,
645
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,255
and sadly, she was found
unresponsive and cold in bed.
646
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:20,295
I've not found anything
which explains her sudden death.
647
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,975
There has to be a reason
why a 34-year-old has cited.
648
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,535
The family need an answer
649
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:29,095
as to what happened
in this sudden and unexpected death.
650
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:30,695
There's an article appealing
651
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:32,255
to trace the family
of a man found dead.
652
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:33,535
The thing I want to know is
653
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,815
what could have contributed
towards his death?
654
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,015
We are running out of time.