{"id":275,"date":"2025-10-27T05:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2025-10-27T05:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:38:02","slug":"family-of-woman-23-who-lay-dead-in-flat-for-a-year-left-without-answers-as-to-how-she-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Family of woman, 23, who lay dead in flat for a year left without answers as to how she died"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charlotte Leader, 23, was found in her flat in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on August 6, 2025 (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The remains of a \u2018beautiful and talented\u2019 woman\u00a0<\/strong>were discovered in her flat a year after she died, when police made a welfare check.<\/strong><\/p>\n

23-year-old Charlotte Leader was found in her flat in Bolton, Greater\u00a0Manchester<\/a><\/strong>, on August 6, 2025, an inquest was told.<\/p>\n

Her mother, Chantay Simm, said that the family had not heard from Charlotte since September 2021. Despite searching for her, Ms Simm added that her daughter was \u2018impossible to find\u2019.<\/p>\n

Neighbours also said they never saw the young woman leave her home.<\/p>\n

Charlotte was discovered by police who were conducting a welfare check after property managing company Bolton at Home could not gain entry to the flat for a utility inspection.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0tribute, her family said: \u2018Charlotte was a very beautiful and talented young woman.<\/p>\n

\u2018Her many talents were playing the guitar and keyboard and she also had a love for art.<\/p>\n

\u2018She was loved tremendously by the family and will be missed every day.\u2019<\/p>\n

A coroner said Charlotte\u2019s flat was \u2018immaculate\u2019 when police investigated and that there was no evidence to suggest suicide.<\/p>\n

Assistant coroner Stephen\u00a0Teasdale told Bolton Coroner\u2019s Court that the young woman had \u2018suffered from\u00a0mental health<\/a>\u00a0issues\u2019, adding: \u2018In time she becomes a stranger from the family, she pushes people away, and she disengages from the mental health services as well.\u2019<\/p>\n

Mr Teasdale said there were \u2018no illicit drugs found at the scene\u2019 and that nothing in Charlotte\u2019s diaries would \u2018suggest that as a problem\u2019.<\/p>\n

He also reported that she declined an appointment with mental health services in 2022 and that she had no further contact with them.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old\u2019s sister, Caroline Calow, said that Charlotte was \u2018actively trying to avoid contact\u2019 and that she had a history of eating disorders, including bulimia, from \u2018quite a young age\u2019.<\/p>\n

Inside the young woman\u2019s flat, police discovered a \u2018large volume of letters\u2019 behind the front door and food in the fridge with sell-by dates of July 2024. They then found Charlotte\u2019s body under her duvet.<\/p>\n

The police investigations also found that the only conversations she had on her\u00a0phone<\/a>\u00a0were with\u00a0ChatGPT<\/a>, which Charlotte had asked to help her.<\/p>\n

The last message she wrote, dated July 30, 2024, said: \u2018Help me, I\u2019ve went and got food again.\u2019<\/p>\n

The AI chatbot responded: \u2018You sound conflicted about having food.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Leader, 23, was found in her flat in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on August 6, 2025 (Picture: Facebook) The remains of a \u2018beautiful and talented\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}