A 35-year-old mother of two died from a catastrophic skull fracture after an alleged assault at her home in Merthyr Tydfil, hours before her partner was found dead at a nearby reservoir in what police are treating as a linked tragedy.
Zoe Marie Dixon died at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on 22 June, six days after emergency services were called to an address in Rocky Road, Penydarren, shortly before midnight on 15 June. Her partner, 39-year-old Nathan Thomas, was later discovered dead at Pontsticill Reservoir in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park in the early hours of the following day.
