We may never know why she died - but we know her short life was a tragedy

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

We may never know why Irah Izzy Best died, but we know her short life was a tragedy. She spent the majority of her 28 days in a basement flat susceptible to damp, cold and mould.

The social housing accommodation - intended as a temporary measure - had a sump pump in the bedroom cupboard. There was 'an element of sewage contamination' in the water captured in the basin of the device, with high levels of E.

Coli later detected. Irah's parents did everything they could for their daughter, determined to give her 'the best possible start in life'. "They did nothing wrong," the coroner presiding over the inquest into her death said. READ MORE: The Greater Manchester tragedy that could save countless other lives Now, he added, they've been left asking 'what if?'.

It's a question Irah's mother echoes: "We are asking ourselves 'what could have been?'." They wanted answers. Did the conditions at the Salford flat play a part in their beloved daughter's death?