Dog attack, overdose and artery blockage ‘all options’ in barmaid’s mystery death

A ‘dog attack, drugs overdose or furring of the arteries’ could all have been the cause of a barmaid’s mystery death, an inquest has heard.

Grace Gardner, 21, was declared dead at the home of her boyfriend, Reece Wilkes, in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on April 23.

Police launched a murder probe and Mr Wilkes was placed under investigation.

However, an inquest has now heard that Ms Gardner suffered a severe facial...