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The body of a mum was discovered with a knife under her pillow weeks after her death, an inquest has heard.

Alicia Douglass, 35, was found at her house in Wincobank in Sheffield on August 7, 2024. Alicia, a mum to a six-year-old daughter, was last seen on CCTV on July 23, Yorkshire Live reported .

South Yorkshire Police initially arrested her ex-partner, a 31-year-old male, on suspicion of murder, but he was never charged and the investigation was closed.

Sheffield Coroner’s Court heard how police were unable to accurately ascertain the cause of death due to the decomposition of Alicia’s body, however a pathologist estimated Alicia had been dead for “two to four weeks” before she was found.

There was no evidence of third-party involvement at the scene. Hannah Berry

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