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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Helena Vesty

Healthy newborn died at just 16 days - and doctors don't have answers

A cause cannot be found for the tragic death of a baby girl at just 16-days-old, an inquest has heard.

Little Ryla-Rae Kenny was just a newborn when she was found ‘unresponsive’ in her Moses basket. Devastated mum Ruth Mellor had just got up in her darkened bedroom at around 7.30am on January 5, 2023, cast her eye over her baby, who appeared to be still sleeping, before starting breakfast.

To her horror, it was then discovered that Ryla-Rae was a ‘funny colour and freezing cold’ just before 8.30am, heard Bolton Coroners Court on Tuesday (June 6). The nightmare came only a few hours after Ryla-Rae had been up for her last feed and nappy change at around 5am.

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