{"id":435252,"date":"2025-09-19T04:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T04:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:43:14","slug":"mum-found-dead-at-hayle-park-nature-reserve-in-tovil-maidstone-named-at-inquest-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435252\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum found dead at Hayle Park Nature Reserve in Tovil, Maidstone, named at inquest opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A mum who was found dead at a beauty spot has been named for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Police vehicles and a forensic tent were spotted at Hayle Park Nature Reserve in Tovil, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/maidstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maidstone<\/a>, on September 6, after reports a body was being found.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 806 726\" alt=\"Natalie Coleman died earlier this month in Hayle Park Nature Reserve near Maidstone. Picture: Facebook\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"ZWJJSP6FFQGSS0CX7WRG.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.11\"\/>Natalie Coleman died earlier this month in Hayle Park Nature Reserve near Maidstone. Picture: Facebook<\/p>\n<p>At an inquest opening at Oakwood House, in the same town, earlier this week, it was confirmed the victim was 52-year-old Natalie Coleman.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Coleman, a mum-of-one, had been open about her battle with her mental health, including addiction and an eating disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The South African-born woman often carried out talks and hosted events as \u2018Real Talks Steps to Serenity\u2019, though social media pages for this have since been deleted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>She also led Steps to Recovery Online, in collaboration with Speak Up and Empower, for two years.<\/p>\n<p>A JustGiving page in her memory has already raised more than \u00a3600, with friends of Natalie\u2019s to complete the Three Peaks Challenge in November in her honour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1050 946\" alt=\"Natalie Coleman lived in Tovil, near Maidstone, at the time of her death. Picture: JustGiving\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"5Y9SD3V1R8LL5VGEKC5E.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.11\"\/>Natalie Coleman lived in Tovil, near Maidstone, at the time of her death. Picture: JustGiving<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest in peace Natalie, a truly beautiful lady inside and out. You will be sadly missed, fly high like the angel you are,\u201d said one donor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who knew her will know she was the most beautiful soul,\u201d remarked another online tribute.<\/p>\n<p>It was heard how officers had been called to the park at about 7.30am, where a member of the public found her in a wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>Few extra details were available, though a cause of death consistent with suicide was recorded.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by daughter Roxy and husband Steven.<\/p>\n<p>A full inquest will be held on January 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mum who was found dead at a beauty spot has been named for the first time. Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,1020,495,9137,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-435252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-inquests","10":"tag-kent","11":"tag-maidstone","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115229137545671182","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}