DEATH OF WOMAN.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 493, 30 June 1932, Page 7

DEATH OF WOMAN.

Child Found Asleep Beside Mother. A TRAGIC DISCOVERY. Per Press Association. ROTORUA, June 30. Death in a lonely, house on the shores of Lake Rotoehu overtook Muriel Ida Angell, a married woman, some time between 8.30 a.m. on Saturday and 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Her little daughter, two and a half years of age, was found asleep beside her when the husband of the woman made the tragic- discovery on Wednesday evening. The child was well but evidently had been crying. It had not been able to obtain food, and .it was too young to tell the sad tale of the lonely death that had overtaken its unfortunate r^other. When discovered by her husband, Mrs Angell was lying upon the bed fully dressed. The body disclosed no signs of violence. The husband had left home at 5.30 on Saturday morning, and did not return until after dark on Wednesday. The house is situated in a very lonely spot on the shores of Lake Rotoehu, and the nearest neighbour is three miles away, which probably accounts for the fact that the death of the woman was not discovered earlier. The police are investigating.