Missing mum's body found under garden rubbish pile

The assemblage of a disabled mum-of-three was recovered successful a plot rubbish heap aft constabulary searched a spot wherever her wheelchair had been spotted, an inquest has heard.

Kelly Louise Randall's decease successful Waunarlwydd, Swansea, was not suspicious, constabulary told an inquest astatine the Guildhall successful the metropolis connected Tuesday.

The 45-year-old heroin user, who had 1 of her legs amputated, was recovered 11 days aft being reported missing by her spouse connected 5 May 2022.

Coroner Aled Gruffydd recorded a unfastened decision aft a pathologist said Ms Randall had nary carnal injuries and her decease could not beryllium "proven" to beryllium from drugs.

PC Lisa Minto of South Wales Police told the inquest officers were called to a spot connected Clas y Deri aft reports of Ms Randall's wheelchair being spotted outside.

It was recovered successful a chamber on with humor stains connected a jumper, a mattress, a furniture expanse and a bedframe.

What appeared to beryllium a quality limb was past spotted successful mound of rubbish successful the backmost garden.

Alfred Millman, who lived astatine the property, was arrested connected suspicion of murder, telling constabulary Ms Randall would occasionally cleanable for him.

He told constabulary helium recovered her assemblage successful a chamber and "panicked".

In a constabulary interview, helium said: "I enactment her extracurricular wherever the rubbish was.

"God knows however agelong she had been [in the house] due to the fact that I americium hardly successful the bedroom."

He said helium utilized a loop and a washing enactment line to assistance determination the assemblage outside, but told constabulary helium had "nothing to with her death".

Mr Millman said helium had not looked successful the chamber for astir 2 oregon 3 weeks and did not cognize however Ms Randall got into his house, but said she had a key.

DC Minto told the inquest determination was "no grounds recovered to suggest that Kelly's decease was suspicious".

The proceeding was besides told however Ms Randall had a past of cause addiction and was connected medicine astatine the clip of her death.

She had besides been known to self-harm and had been suffering with depression.

A statement, written by Ms Randall's spouse of 25 years, said the mates would usage heroin and Valium and, connected the time she was past seen, Ms Randall was taken to Morriston Hospital by paramedics aft falling from her wheelchair.

The inquest heard she had been talking astir termination connected that day, including "throwing herself from her wheelchair successful beforehand of cars".

Forensic pathologist Dr John Williams told the inquest a post-mortem introspection recovered nary skull fractures oregon bleeding astir the encephalon and determination was nary grounds of a stroke, bosom onslaught oregon trauma to the head.

As good arsenic alcohol, a toxicology study recovered cannabis, amphetamine, morphine, diazepam and pregabalin - an epilepsy and anxiousness medicine - successful her system.

Dr Williams said helium "could not exclude the possibility" that these substances unneurotic could person played a portion successful Ms Randall's death.

He added determination were "no pathological findings that Kelly's decease is needfully owed to forced wounded by different person" and gave the origin of decease arsenic unascertained.

Ms Randall's family, immoderate of whom were astatine the inquest, antecedently paid tribute to her, describing her arsenic a "brilliant mother" who had been a talented hairdresser.