{"id":895540,"date":"2026-04-15T11:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895540\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:12:16","slug":"young-woman-found-dead-in-water-at-barry-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895540\/","title":{"rendered":"Young woman found dead in water at Barry beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An inquest has been opened into the death of Eliza Hannah Chaudhry, who was found immersed in water at Porthkerry Beach in Barry<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porthkerry Beach in Barry\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2_Porthkerry-Beach-Barry-Vale-of-Glamorgan-A-body-has-been-recovered-from-the-beach.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Porthkerry Beach in Barry\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Porthkerry Beach in Barry(Image: South Wales Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A young woman was confirmed to have died after being found in the water at a Welsh beach, an inquest heard. Eliza Hannah Chaudhry, who was 21, was discovered immersed in water at Porthkerry Beach in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/barry\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Barry<\/a> last Wednesday, April 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An inquest into her death, opened at <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/pontypridd\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Pontypridd<\/a> Coroner&#8217;s Court on Wednesday morning, April 15, heard how Miss Chaudhry&#8217;s body was identified by her auntie the day following her death and taken to the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/university-hospital-of-wales\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">University Hospital of Wales<\/a> in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/cardiff\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Cardiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A post mortem was carried out and a pathologist provided a provisional cause of death as &#8220;1A: immersion in water.&#8221; Don\u2019t miss a court report by signing up <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=e9917f64-b3c4-4bba-bce6-4dce03cdb705&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">to our crime newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The hearing was told that Miss Chaudhry lived in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, having been born in Watford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The senior coroner for South Wales Central, Graeme Hughes, offered his condolences to Miss Chaudhry&#8217;s family before adjourning the inquest to a date to be fixed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining <a aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FhCH5HyTE7c59DPUcRMUXk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. 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