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| Joanne Thomas and baby Harper died a week before they were found | Joanne Thomas and baby Harper died a week before they were found |
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| A mother and her baby daughter being monitored by social services were dead for at least a week before their bodies were discovered, an inquest has heard. | A mother and her baby daughter being monitored by social services were dead for at least a week before their bodies were discovered, an inquest has heard. |
| Joanne Thomas, 27, was found in her bed alongside four-month-old Harper at their terraced home in Troedyrhiw, near Merthyr Tydfil, last July. | Joanne Thomas, 27, was found in her bed alongside four-month-old Harper at their terraced home in Troedyrhiw, near Merthyr Tydfil, last July. |
| Concerns were raised weeks before when Ms Thomas failed to take Harper for her injections, the hearing was told. | |
| A social worker tried to visit three times before their bodies were found. | A social worker tried to visit three times before their bodies were found. |
| Acting coroner Andrew Barkley heard how he also sent out letters and attempted to contact her family. | Acting coroner Andrew Barkley heard how he also sent out letters and attempted to contact her family. |
| The bodies were formally identified via dental records and DNA testing - with a pathologist saying it was "impossible" to say who had died first. | The bodies were formally identified via dental records and DNA testing - with a pathologist saying it was "impossible" to say who had died first. |
| Police ruled out foul play as well as discounting the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning, after "slightly raised levels" were found in the blood of Ms Thomas, who was a smoker, and her baby. | |
| The coroner was told Ms Thomas regularly complained of feeling unwell in the weeks leading up to her death and may have been vomiting blood. | The coroner was told Ms Thomas regularly complained of feeling unwell in the weeks leading up to her death and may have been vomiting blood. |
| The inquest at Aberdare, continues. | The inquest at Aberdare, continues. |