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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Alahna Kindred

Family of woman found mummified in flat say authorities 'washed hands' of victim

The family of a woman who was found in a "mummified almost skeletal state" in her flat say social services "washed their hands of her" while she was at her most vulnerable.

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years and had written 'I need help' on her calendar a short time before her death.

No one from social services or her apparent support network had checked on her well-being in years.

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