DRUGS and an undiagnosed heart condition caused the death of a woman who was found dead in her bedroom, an inquest has concluded.

Emily Jennings was found covered up in a grey blanket by her brother Karl Jennings and her landlord David Allain on August 25, 2016.

Two off-duty police officers heard screaming coming from the 25-year-old’s flat in Naseby at around 8pm and rushed to the scene to help.

Paramedics from South Central Ambulance Service were called and used a defibrillator but Emily showed no signs of life, the inquest heard.

Investigators found an abrasion on Emily’s leg, but no fatal injuries, and believe there was no third party involvement in her death.

A witness statement from Emily’s mother, Johanne Seago, read: “The last time I spoke to Emily was on August 23. I received a text message from her saying she was feeling ill.

“I do not believe that this message was sent from Emily as she did not put kisses on the text message, something that she would always do.

“Over the past 13 years we have been helping Emily with her drug addiction and it has been extremely hard on the family.”

“She got a part time job and was excited to finally have a place of her own. She was happy, content and bright.”

Family statements read out at Reading Town Hall on April 19 also contest that the blanket she was covered in was not hers.

Detective sergeant Lucy Deane told the inquest: “There are circumstances around her death that don’t add up, but that doesn’t mean that there was a third party involvement.”

She added: “There is also confusion around the blanket and, if she had drugs in her system why were there none present in her room?”

A toxicology report by doctor Mark Palmer found no evidence of alcohol in her blood, but evidence of a cocktail of drugs at “therapeutic” but “not lethal” levels.

Pathologist Simon Poole said he could not say what caused her death or what the exact concentration of drugs were in her system. But he found an anomaly in her heart which hadn’t been diagnosed.

Senior coroner for Berkshire, Peter Bedford, concluded: “I cannot make sense of this. I am afraid that from experience we do end up raising more questions than answers.

"I accept that there are questions and issues not resolved. But following the medical evidence I will conclude that she died from a drugs related death led on by an undiagnosed heart condition.”