A healthcare assistant who worked through the coronavirus pandemic at Wythenshawe Hospital tragically took her own life at a Premier Inn after a struggle with depression.
Julie Howarth, 42, was reported missing from home by her family on March 29 after she called her mum to apologise and say goodbye, prompting her to call friends to ask if they'd heard from her. An inquest into Miss Howarth's death heard that her family desperately called around to find out more information about where the popular hospital worker had last been seen, and details about the car she was driving whilst hers was being repaired to help police locate her.
Sadly, the mum-of-two wasn't found until four hours later, when PCs Seymour and Brewster spotted the car in the Premier Inn car park and went into the hotel. They found Miss Howarth unresponsive, and despite their best efforts, were unable to resuscitate her. The hearing at Manchester South Coroner's Court heard that Miss Howarth had been struggling with depression, being signed off work and prescribed anti-depressants after speaking with her GP in early March this year.
