Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories An inquest has opened after a woman was found dead in a river in Stockport.
The body of Karen Ann Jackson, 57, was discovered by a dog walker on May 11 this year. They spotted her body in a section of the River Goyt in Portwood and called 999, sparking a major emergency service response. READ MORE: Boy, 12, in life-threatening condition after being hit by a car while riding his scooter In a short hearing today (September 2) at Stockport Coroners Court, Christopher Murray opened the inquest into Karen's death.
Mr Murray, assistant coroner for the Manchester South Area, was told more about the circumstances surrounding Karen's tragic passing by police coroners'
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