Wigan, on October 4. Coroner Alan Walsh opened the inquest into the teenager's death at Bolton Coroner's Court this afternoon (Wednesday, October 14).He was told that a post-mortem examination had given the medical cause of Samson's death as "drowning".Speaking at the brief hearing, police coroner's officer Benjamin Dobbs said: "On October 4, 2020, Samson was found by police in the water at Westwood Flash, off Lockgate Place, in Wigan."He was unresponsive and was declared life extinct at 3.45pm."Mr Dobbs added that a police investigation into Samson's death was still ongoing.Mr Walsh adjourned the hearing until October 23 when a review will be carried out.Following Samson's death, three teenagers - aged 17, 18 and 19 - were arrested on.
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