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A young woman described as 'funny' and 'selfless' tragically died after suffering from a ketamine addiction following the death of her unborn child.

Beth Ashton , 25, had kept her drug problem secret from her family and, by the time it was discovered, she was already 'so far gone'.

Beth, from Skelmersdale, became hooked on ketamine following a traumatic stillbirth in 2019, the ECHO reports.

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Her dad discovered her dead at home on the morning of November 9 2024 as her grieving mum Natalie Ashton said: "Her little body just gave out."

Natalie added: "She suffered from preeclampsia. When we went to the hospital, her son had already passed, already gone, and she had to g

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