debt, an inquest heard. Melissa McCracken was found hanged by two of her children, and the concerned youngsters told a neighbour "mummy's got something around her neck".The 23-year-old mum was pronounced dead at the scene in Wigan last November.
Police discovered letters relating to debts and three separate piles of paperwork for each of the children at her home, Manchester Evening News reports.
Recording a verdict of "suicide", coroner Alan Walsh described Melissa's death as "extremely sad".He told Bolton Coroners Court: "Melissa did have a difficult life.
She had difficulty with relationships, not least with the father of her children. "She was someone who tried to bring up three children as a single parent with the support of her family,.
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