{"id":443130,"date":"2026-02-24T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443130\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:54:10","slug":"teenager-found-dead-in-north-walsham-park-named-by-coroner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443130\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager found dead in North Walsham park named by coroner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n An inquest into the death of Courtney Jane Morgan was opened at Norfolk Coroner\u2019s Court<\/a> today.\n<\/p>\n

\n During the proceedings, area coroner Johanna Thompson confirmed that Miss Morgan\u2019s body had been identified by her mother, Mrs Lee.\n<\/p>\n

\n Police were called to the Memorial Park in North Walsham<\/a> just after 7am on Thursday, February 12, following reports that a body had been discovered.\n<\/p>\n

\n Emergency services attended, and a girl in her late teens \u2013 now known to be Miss Morgan \u2013 was confirmed dead at the scene and her next of kin were informed.\n<\/p>\n

\n At the time, a spokeswoman for Norfolk Police said: “The death is not believed to be suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”\n<\/p>\n

\n An inquest has opened into the death of a teenage girl found in a park in North Walsham (Image: Phoebe Ozanne)\n<\/p>\n

\n Eyewitnesses reported seeing several police and ambulance vehicles in and around the park from around 8am.\n<\/p>\n

\n Officers also put up a cordon around some play equipment and the entrance to the park was cordoned off.\n<\/p>\n

\n The town\u2019s parkrun was later cancelled, with organisers posting online: “The North Walsham parkrun team have taken the decision to cancel this week’s parkrun out of respect for recent events.”\n<\/p>\n

\n The route for the event on Saturdays includes laps of the North Walsham High School playing field and the Memorial Park.\n<\/p>\n

\n An inquest has opened into the death of a teenage girl found in a park in North Walsham (Image: Phoebe Ozanne)\n<\/p>\n

\n Many have paid tribute online and sent condolences to Miss Morgan’s family and friends.\n<\/p>\n

\n During the inquest opening, her date and place of birth was given as August 10, 2008 in Norwich.\n<\/p>\n

\n She lived at Gooch Close, North Walsham, and her occupation was listed as that of a student.\n<\/p>\n

\n Ms Thompson added: \u201cHer cause of death is noted as hanging.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cEvidence is being gathered from those concerned with Courtney and the family are invited to provide a pen portrait.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n The full inquest has been listed to take place at the court on Tuesday, June 9.\n<\/p>\n

Do you need support? Samaritans can be reached 24\/7 on 116 123 for completely confidential support.<\/p>\n

The NHS First Response Service is available 24\/7 on 111 option 2, providing urgent mental health support for people in Norfolk and Suffolk.<\/p>\n

\n The Coroners’ Courts Support Service helps bereaved families and witnesses attending Norfolk Coroner\u2019s Court. If you are a bereaved family member or a witness please get in touch by calling 0300 111 2141 or emailing helpline@ccss.org.uk<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Community answers<\/p>\n

Book of condolences: Courtney Jane Morgan<\/p>\n

“An inquest into the death of Courtney Jane Morgan was opened at Norfolk Coroner\u2019s Court today. Please use this as a space to pay tribute and leave condolences.”<\/p>\n

We asked for your responses – this is what you sent.<\/p>\n

From Shirley turner <\/p>\n

Please leave any messages of condolences of tributes here.RiP young lady, hope you’ve peace .<\/p>\n

From Mrs Maria Rivett <\/p>\n

Please leave any messages of condolences of tributes here.Whatever you were going through in life I hope you’ve found your peace now, RIP young lady \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An inquest into the death of Courtney Jane Morgan was opened at Norfolk Coroner\u2019s Court today. During the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-443130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}