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| Body of dead girl's mother found | Body of dead girl's mother found |
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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. |
| Meal with friends | Meal with friends |
| A post-mortem examination into the death of Natasha showed she died when she was hit by a train. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | A coroner has launched an investigation into her death. |
| Last conversation | |
| Mrs Coombs appeared at a press conference on 2 August with her husband Gary, 48, to appeal for help in finding Natasha. | Mrs Coombs appeared at a press conference on 2 August with her husband Gary, 48, to appeal for help in finding Natasha. |
| She broke down as the couple discussed Natasha's disappearance. | |
| "The house is so empty without her," Mrs Coombs said. "It's unbearable." | "The house is so empty without her," Mrs Coombs said. "It's unbearable." |
| She said the family had been due to go on holiday to Canada on 4 August and added that Natasha had been excited by the prospect of the trip. | She said the family had been due to go on holiday to Canada on 4 August and added that Natasha had been excited by the prospect of the trip. |
| Mrs Coombs said her daughter had also been looking forward to turning 18 later in the year. | Mrs Coombs said her daughter had also been looking forward to turning 18 later in the year. |
| 'Constant fear' | |
| Natasha was Mr and Mrs Coombs' only child. | |
| Mrs Coombs told of her last conversation with Natasha when the teenager had called on the night she vanished to say she would get a taxi home from the station. | |
| In the days following Natasha's disappearance, her grandparents, Peter and Wendy Clackett, also made an appeal for help to find her and offered a reward to anyone who had information. | |
| On 8 August Mr and Mrs Coombs made a second appeal for help in finding Natasha and said they lived in constant fear of "what tomorrow will bring". |