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A WOMAN whose body was found in a river three weeks after she disappeared died as a result of drowning, an inquest has heard.

Area coroner for York and North Yorkshire Catherine Cundy opened the inquest into the death of Victoria Anne Taylor at County Hall in Northallerton this morning (Thursday).

The coroner said Ms Taylor was born on December 22, 1989, in Huddersfield.

Ms Taylor lived in Norton and worked as a nurse in a care home.

She was reported missing by her fiancé on October 1.

After “extensive searches” her body was found in the River Derwent in Norton on October 22.

The coroner gave the cause of death as drowning.

Identification was confirmed by a coroner’s officer and Detective Superintendent Graeme Wright from North Yorkshire Police on October 24.

 

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