A 'troubled' mother of two whose corpse was partially eaten by two starving dachshunds took her own life after a bitter split with her boyfriend just a few days before Christmas, a good friend unveiled.
Jemma Hart, 43, was found dead in her house in Swindon in January 2024 after neighbor Lorraine, 66, encouraged the police to make a 'welfare control'.
“Jemma had psychological problems and was a troubled soul,” Lorraine told MailOnline today.
She said: 'It was the dogs that made me go there.
'I knocked on the door because I could hear the dogs bark, but there was no answer.
'So I tried the key she had given me, but I could not unlock the door because there was a key on the inside of the lock.
'I went home and I am Ummed and Ahhed. Then I thought I would ask the police to do a welfare check. And then they found her. '
Lorraine told how Mrs. Hart was split from a long -term boyfriend in the weeks before her death in Christmas 2023.
Jemma Hart, 45, (photo) turned out to be partially drilled by her dachshunds when her body was eventually discovered in her house in Swindon on January 29, 2024
Deckshunds Millie and Frankie (photo) had partially declined their owner after her death, a police officer who was previously revealed
She added: 'She had a boyfriend who was very good for her.
“But he called the police on her when he said he would leave her.
“He left about four months later, around Christmas 2023.”
Mrs. Hart was planning to breed her two dachshund dogs and sell the puppies, Lorraine unveiled.
She said: 'Jemma told me she would breed her dachshunds and sell the puppies.
'The brown, Milly, was still a puppy was a beautiful dog. But the black, Frankie was cruel. He didn't like people or other dogs. '
Mrs.'s lifeless body was discovered by the police on January 29, 2024, about a month after she was last seen, heard an investigation this week.
One of the dogs was also found on the spot and the other dog was in a troubled state.
The police officer who attended the scene told Swindon Coroners Court that the dogs had eaten her after her death.
The mother was first depicted with her dogs, a police officer revealed that she had eaten her body after her sudden death
The Swindon house (center) where Mrs. Hart's body was found after her suicide
Yesterday, neighbors revealed that they were 'surprised' the sound of her pets dogs
Jemma had two adult sons.
In a heartbreaking tribute on the Facebook page of Mrs. Hart, her son informed friends and family of the tragic death of his mother.
'After having spent the last few weeks to even process what we are going to share. It is with great sadness to say that my beautiful mother Jemma died unexpectedly January on January 29 and I wanted to inform you all, 'he wrote, drawing the tribute' Jem's Boys & Family '.
Responding to the post, a friend replied: “Your mother was a dear woman, I'm so sorry for your loss.”
Another said: “Very sad to hear this news, I heard this news yesterday. I had many good moments with Jem. '
Yesterday, neighbors revealed that they were the sound 'surprised' of her barking dogs that barking had not raised the alarm before and they had regretted that they knew she had mental health struggle.
New passengers now live in its three bedrooms, Mid-Terrace Modern House owned by a housing association.
A neighbor, who asked for not being called, said: 'Jemma was a sweet woman and everyone who knew her here would agree.
“She always had time to stop and chat. She was just an all -round great person.
“What surprises me is that the walls that separate her house from the houses of her neighbors are papers thin, so when the dogs barked, nobody clearly heard them for a long time.”
Another neighbor said: “What a really terrible tragedy. Everyone is destroyed by this. '
Mrs.'s death came as 'a huge shock' for her neighbors, because they had no idea that they were suffering from mental health struggle, they said.
One said that she felt 'incredible guilt' that she had not picked up Mrs. Hart's mental illness before it was too late.
The neighbor said: 'None of us had a real idea that she had psychological problems.
'We just knew her as a friendly local that we would sort out most days with her dogs.
'We would sometimes stop and chat, but never a conversation that went very deep. If we had known what she was going through, we would certainly have kept more for her.
'It has taught us a real lesson, namely that you cannot assume that someone you see every day is as happy as they seem.
Mrs. Hart is depicted with one of her beloved dogs outdoors during happier times
A police officer who attended the scene revealed that Mrs. Hart's dogs had eaten her body after her sudden death
Worried neighbors had raised an alarm after they had reported her absence to the police, after they had not heard of her since the previous year since Christmas
'As a community, we have become much closer as a result of her death and now we will stop and talk to each other.
'I think we check in each other a little and make sure that everyone is in order.
'But of course none of the incredible debt that I personally feel takes away because I didn't pick up what she went through. It is absolutely heartbreaking. '
A post-mortem report carried out by toxicologist Peter Street confirmed that Mrs. Hart died of suicide.
A police officer who attended the scene revealed that Mrs. Hart's dogs had eaten her body after her sudden death, reported the Swindon advertiser.
Coroner Ian Singleton concluded: 'Jemma lived alone with her two dogs in Swindon and she was alienated from her family.
'Jemma was found in her house with injuries caused by dogs after she died. Her death is recorded as suicide. '
Singleton told the investigation that Mrs. Hart was found dead in her living room after neighbors told the police that they had not seen her since Christmas.
He revealed that one of the dogs was also found dead and the other was in a 'disturbing' state.
The police said that Mrs.'s death is not treated as suspicious.
In her research, Mrs. Hart's son described his mother's love for her sausage dogs.
He said: 'She had had dogs in the past, but in 2022 she received a dachshund named Frankie and a year later she got another called Millie.
“Her house went back to Lydiard Park where she regularly walked her dogs, and the dogs were her life.”
Mrs. Hart, who had to deal with various fighting for health care and mobility, had lived in her house for about 10 years.
Her physical difficulties forced her to stop working and she struggled with physical pain and insomnia.
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