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| Tragic girl's mother found dead | Tragic girl's mother found dead |
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| The mother of a teenager who died on tracks near a railway station in Essex five weeks ago has been found dead on the same stretch, it is reported. | The mother of a teenager who died on tracks near a railway station in Essex five weeks ago has been found dead on the same stretch, it is reported. |
| Joanne Coombs, 40, was found dead at Manningtree, Essex, on Tuesday night. | Joanne Coombs, 40, was found dead at Manningtree, Essex, on Tuesday night. |
| Her 17-year-old daughter Natasha was found dead near the same spot in August. Police were at the Coombs' Harwich home on Tuesday night. | Her 17-year-old daughter Natasha was found dead near the same spot in August. Police were at the Coombs' Harwich home on Tuesday night. |
| British Transport Police would only say there had been a death. They would not confirm the person's identity. | British Transport Police would only say there had been a death. They would not confirm the person's identity. |
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| A post-mortem examination into the death of Natasha showed she died when she was hit by a train. | |
| She had been travelling home to Harwich following a meal with friends in Ipswich. | |
| Natasha had separated from her boyfriend two weeks before and police believed she might have been upset about the split on the night she disappeared. | |
| Her body was found in undergrowth a mile down the line from the station on the London side after a report from a passing train driver. | |
| A coroner has launched an investigation into her death. |