inquest
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A 16-year-old boy who died after getting into difficulty in a lake during the recent heatwave could not swim, an inquest has heard.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
An inquest into whether police contributed to Nowak's death will open in front of a jury in September 2027, officials announced Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The youngsters followed the shoreline as the tide was going out and, the inquest heard, Chiedza's aunt lost sight of them due to the distance and the volume of people on the beach.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Coroner's officer Emma Donaldson told the inquest the children were warned not to go into the water above shin height because Chiedza could not swim.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
By July 1921, the justice of the peace had closed his inquiries, stating that Anna Brown’s death had come at “the hands of parties unknown”—the same finding as delivered in the Whitehorn inquest.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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