Kayleigh Weston

Kayleigh Weston was found dead on wasteland near to Dorcas Drive, Blurton on 20 May 2021.

Her inquest concluded that her death was drug related, with a pathologist stating:

Toxicology tests showed that she had monkey dust and phenocyclidine, along with a small amount of cannabis in her system.

However, when she was found her top was off and she had two fractured ribs.

She had gone missing on 22 April 2021 and when her body was found it was described as partly decomposed.

She was described as:

• White.
• Around 5ft 4ins tall.
• Thin build.
• Long brown hair which was sometimes worn up in a bun.
• Tattoos on her arms and her neck. Tattoo on her neck being of an elephant with the letter ‘E’ alongside it.
• Wearing: Superdry coat, grey jeans, trainers.

Before her discovery it was thought that she might have been sleeping rough.

When she was found on 20 May 2021, she was found huddled up next to a fence on the wasteground off the A50.

During the search for her, three people were arrested on suspicion of perverting the cause of justice. They were:

1. 30-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent.
2. 36-year-old woman, from Stoke-on-Trent.
3. 46-year-old man, from Birmingham.

Her body was found after a man came forward to say that he had last seen Kayleigh Weston near Dorcas Drive.

It was noted that a Superdry coat that a relative had bought her had been sold by the man for £10 so that he could buy drugs.

It was said that although Kayleigh Weston had died from hypothermia, that it was thought that she had likely taken off her t-shirt, thinking that she was hot, which it was said was a typical feature of hypothermia.

Her parents had last seen her on 15 April 2021. They said that Kayleigh Weston had been wearing her pink and purple Superdry coat when they last saw her, stating that she was so attached to the jacket that she was rarely without it. They said that her partner had bought it for her as a birthday present.

She had lived in Grosvenor Road, Newcastle.

The police said that she had last used her phone on 22 April 2021 and and hadn’t withdrawn any money since 23 April 2021.

She was later seen in CCTV in Longton town centre the morning of 24 April 2021, with her coat, and again in Heron Street and Dorcas Drive.

The man that sold her coat said that he had met her a few weeks earlier and that they had spent the day of 24 May 2021 together and taken some monkey dust and that Kayleigh Weston had become ill. He said that she had been physically shaking and dehydrating and so he went to get her a cold drink and then knocked on a few door s to ask someone to call 999 and then went to his sister's house and said that her partner followed himback towards Dorcas Drive butt hey couldn't find her and that he then saw an ambulance driving by and thought it was for her and went off.

It was heard that although she was partially clothed when found and had two fractured ribs, there was no evidence of trauma or assault.

She was from from Newcastle under Lyme.