Inquest opens into death of 'best mum ever' who died after music festival
12.12.2023 - 16:55
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Inquest proceedings working out how a young mum from Bolton came to die at a music festival opened yesterday (December 11).
Stephanie Thorpe, from Farnworth, died after attending the Restricted Forest event in Blackburn's Witton Park in June of this year. The 32-year-old was taken to hospital from the event but was tragically pronounced dead.
Following Stephanie's untimely passing, friends raised money to pay for her funeral and support her partner Carl and baby boy Alfie. The fundraiser generated more than £17,000, reports LancsLive.
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Stephanie, from Farnworth, worked with children with special needs. After her death she was described by her sister Cherie as the "best mum ever".
An inquest into Stephanie's death was opened yesterday (December 11) at Preston Coroner's Court. A full inquest will be scheduled in due course.
On the GoFundMe page, Stephanie's friend Holly wrote: "I’ve set up this go fund me page not to only help with funeral costs to give our beautiful Steph the best send off she deserves, but to also help her partner Carl and baby boy Alfie at this awful devastating time. On the 25th of June our amazing, funny, irreplaceable gorgeous girl life was taken away from us so suddenly.
"We all as family and friends, even the community, are all so deeply devastated as you can imagine, she has left so many holes in everyone’s hearts right now, we want to give her the biggest send off and obviously that comes at a great cost, we all right now would appreciate anything as a penny help us achieve this goal, I know we can all do this