A fit and healthy women died suddenly in her sleep in a Christmas Day tragedy. Jo Bird had been wrapping presents and enjoying a few drinks with her boyfriend Stuart Hutton on Christmas Eve before turning in for the night.
However, she was found dead by her partner on Christmas morning having passed away in her sleep, Birmingham Live reports. Mr Hatton, who now lives in Cannock but is originally Tamworth, says the loved-up pair moved in together after falling for each other in 2020, with plans to get married in the future.
He said: "She was beautiful, inside and out. She was very kind and empathetic. She was so lovely and adored me and made sure I knew it."On Christmas Eve, we had just finished wrapping presents and had a couple of drinks.
We went up to bed and she just went in the night. She wasn't ill she just didn't wake up. We would have got married as we had talked about it."The time since then has been a blur.
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