Mary Murphy's Disappearance

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AN ELDERLY couple died in a freak accident when they fell on top of each other and suffocated. John Wood, 67, and his long-term girlfriend Mary Murphy, 66, were found lifeless on the ground floor of her home in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, after the devoted pair celebrated her birthday. After returning home from a nearby village, it’s thought John fell down the stairs and got his head wedged under a radiator after trying to help his partner to bed. An inquest heard that Mary rushed to his aide in the early hours of April 15 – but tripped over John and collapsed on top of him, preventing him from breathing. A concerned friend discovered the couple in a lifeless heap at the bottom of the stairs A concerned friend discovered the couple

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