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| Woman found dead in snow in Kent may have fallen after night out | Woman found dead in snow in Kent may have fallen after night out |
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| A 25-year-old woman who was found dead in the snow next door to where she was staying may have been the victim of a tragic accident after a night out, police said. | A 25-year-old woman who was found dead in the snow next door to where she was staying may have been the victim of a tragic accident after a night out, police said. |
| Bernadette Lee was discovered on Sunday morning in the front garden of the house next to her sister's in Church Meadows, Deal, Kent. It is believed she had no visible injuries and there are reports she was not wearing a coat. | Bernadette Lee was discovered on Sunday morning in the front garden of the house next to her sister's in Church Meadows, Deal, Kent. It is believed she had no visible injuries and there are reports she was not wearing a coat. |
| Police are still investigating what caused the death but confirmed they were looking at the possibility that Lee got into difficulties as she made her way home from a night out. | Police are still investigating what caused the death but confirmed they were looking at the possibility that Lee got into difficulties as she made her way home from a night out. |
| "There are other possibilities we are looking at but one theory is that this is a tragic accident where a young woman was on her way home from a night out, but she didn't make it to where she was staying. We don't know if that was because of the cold, or she slipped or she was drunk or she became ill." | "There are other possibilities we are looking at but one theory is that this is a tragic accident where a young woman was on her way home from a night out, but she didn't make it to where she was staying. We don't know if that was because of the cold, or she slipped or she was drunk or she became ill." |
| Earlier police said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the death was not being treated as suspicious. A postmortem examination will be held this week. | Earlier police said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the death was not being treated as suspicious. A postmortem examination will be held this week. |
| A Facebook page has been set up, with friends expressing their shock at Lee's death. One friend, James Tehrani, said she was "funny, vibrant, chatty and very much in love with life". | A Facebook page has been set up, with friends expressing their shock at Lee's death. One friend, James Tehrani, said she was "funny, vibrant, chatty and very much in love with life". |
| Another friend, Alice Storer, said: "Such a shock as I was speaking to you last night. A beautiful star in the sky." | Another friend, Alice Storer, said: "Such a shock as I was speaking to you last night. A beautiful star in the sky." |