A HEARTBROKEN mum has paid tribute to her daughter after she was found dead in a friend’s bathtub.
Kimberley Woolrich – known as Kim – was discovered in the water by her friend in the early hours of January 21 last year.
Paramedics rushed to the scene on Corporation Street, Stoke, at 2.47am and found Kim, 27, had suffered a cardiac arrest.
Staffordshire Police initially launched a murder investigation but inquiries found she had been alone in the house at the time.
An inquest heard Kim had struggled with her mental health and was diagnosed as bipolar aged 19.
She would sometimes take prescribed antidepressants, as well as recreational drugs, including cocaine and monkey dust, reports StokeonTrentLive.
The inquest at Stoke-on-Trent Coroner’s Court found Kim had no intention of stopping taking drugs recreationally.
She had been receiving mental health treatment from North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust.
In a statement, Kim’s mum, Karen Woolrich said: “She was a healthy baby with no significant issues at birth. She had a happy childhood.
“She had a good family support network. She was supported through myself and her dad, Paul.
“She went to college to do hairdressing. She didn’t like it. She ended up completing carer work, which she loved to do.
“She was 17 when she started. She did it for about a year but when she turned 18, she started to become unwell with her mental health.
“As a family, we were unsure why this event was triggered while she was working at Bupa Care Network. She was such a loving girl.
“She would do anything for anybody.”
Area Coroner Emma Serrano concluded Kim’s death was drugs related after she took a combination of three drugs – MDPHP, cocaine and fluoxetine.
She added that Kim had described herself as being in a “low mood” but not feeling suicidal at the time of her death.
“I’m going to record that it’s as a result of a drugs related death,” she said.
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