Swindon woman Jemma Hart’s body found after being partially eaten by sausage dogs Frankie and Millie

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A woman’s body found dead inside her home had been partially eaten by her beloved sausage dogs, an inquest in the UK has heard.

Jemma Hart, 45, had been a regular on the streets of Swindon walking her two pet dachshunds, Frankie and Millie, until she disappeared and concerned neighbours reported her missing after nearly a month in January 2024.

Police attended Ms Hart’s Swindon home only to be confronted with a gruesome scene as the dogs had reportedly turned to eating parts of the woman in an apparent bid to survive after her death.

The Sun reports the inquest held this month heard from locals who said they regularly passed Jemma walking her dogs, and could “often hear the dogs in her back garden”.

They became concerned when a text message to Jemma was left unopened and one dog was heard whimpering instead of two.

At the inquest into the Jemma’s death this month, her son described her love for the animals.

Ms Hart’s son told the inquest that “she’d had dogs in the past but in 2022 she got a dachshund called Frankie and a year later she got another one called Millie”.“Her house backed onto Lydiard Park where she regularly walked her dogs, and the dogs were her life.”

Coroner Ian Singleton said: “On January 29, Wiltshire Police was contacted by Jemma’s neighbours with concerns that they hadn’t seen her since Christmas.

“Officers went to her home and found her deceased in the living room.

“One of her dogs was also found dead at the scene and the other was in a distressed condition.”

A police officer confirmed that Jemma’s body had been eaten after her death.

A post-mortem report carried out by toxicologist Peter Street confirmed that the Swindon woman had died from suicide.

Coroner Singleton concluded: “Jemma lived alone with her two dogs in Swindon and she was estranged from her family.

“Jemma was found in her home with injuries caused by dogs after she died. Her death has been recorded as suicide.”

The inquest concluded that Ms Hart’s death is not being treated as suspicious as she faced several health and mobility issues.

These issues caused her to stop working and she struggled with physical pain and insomnia.

Jemma had lived in the property for around 10 years.

But despite being known to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health team, she had not had contact with them for many years.

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