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Jonathan Humphries & Charlotte Hadfield

'Kind' twin found dead in Adelphi Hotel by friend after night out

Hundreds of tributes have flooded in for a "kind" young woman found dead by her friend in a hotel room.

Twin Chloe Haynes, 21, was crushed to death by a wardrobe in the Adelphi Hotel in the early hours of September 10. The 21-year-old had travelled to Liverpool from Hafan y Mor Haven Holiday Park in Pwllheli, North Wales, where she worked, for a night out.

She was sharing a room at the city centre hotel with her colleague, who found her body and raised the alarm. A health and safety investigation is now being carried out at the Britannia run hotel.

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Chloe's mum, Nicola Williams, said she is determined to find "every detail" of how her daughter died in such a tragic way. Since hearing of the news of the tragedy, hundreds of tributes and messages of condolences have been shared by ECHO readers.

Bonnie Low said: "That’s awful, poor girl and awful for her friend that found her. My heart goes out to her family and friends xxx."

Martina Jones said: "May this beautiful young lady rest in eternal peace. I hope she didn't suffer too much before she passed away. My deepest sympathy to all her family and friends. Hope her friend who found her is getting the help he needs."

Jean Stonier said: "My heart goes out to her, the family and her friends and colleagues. Such a tragic waste of a beautiful young life. RIP Angel."

Teetee Kadz said: "Omg how absolutely heartbreaking rest in peace beautiful girl."

Jane Delves said: "Absolutely tragic. What a stunning girl with her life in front of her. Devastating. Thoughts with her family at this terrible time."

Ali Hawthorn said: "Absolutely heartbreaking. My thoughts are with her poor family. I can’t begin to imagine what they’re going though. RIP birdy."

Chloe's mum Nicola Williams, from Wrexham, said her daughter was found by her friend in the early hours of the morning after he returned to the hotel from a night out. She said he shouted to get help and two men from other rooms came to help lift the wardrobe off Chloe, but it was too late to save her life.

It was those three men who were initially questioned over Chloe's death by police, before being released with no further action taken when the circumstances became clear. Merseyside Police have confirmed her death is being treated as "accidental".

Paying tribute to Chloe, Miss Williams said: "She loved animals, she had a little dog called Archie she was obsessed with. There are so many photos of them together.

"My little nickname for her was birdy. She was so petite and little, and when she ate she was like a little bird. She was quiet, she was somebody who didn't speak unless it needed saying.

"But in the last 12 months she was coming out of her shell, she was gaining her confidence and she had a wide circle of friends. She was kind and caring and she seemed to connect with gay men, and that was how she met the friend she went to Liverpool with."

Miss Williams said her daughter was enjoying her job waitressing in the holiday park, which also provided her accommodation as well, and was "living her best life".

She said: "She was planning to do her driving lessons and she had saved up a little bit of money for that, and she wanted to go abroad on holiday with her friends. She was just doing all the things that any 21-year-old would do.

"She was beautiful, but she had struggled with confidence about herself so she didn't really know how beautiful she was and that made her beautiful on the inside as well. She was very kind."

A spokesman for Liverpool Council said: "We can confirm that we are carrying out a health and safety investigation into a death at the Adelphi Hotel on 10 September."

Britannia Hotels, which operates the Adelphi, has been contacted for comment.

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