{"id":737619,"date":"2026-08-14T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737619\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:36:12","slug":"inquest-opened-into-death-of-father-in-costessey-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737619\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquest opened into death of father in Costessey woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Steven Morgan, 46, was discovered by a member of the public in East Hills Woods in Costessey on August 6.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Emergency services, including police and ambulance, attended the scene and a cordon was put in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following his death, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eveningnews24.co.uk\/news\/26454151.tributes-paid-steven-morgan-died-costessey\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an outpouring of tributes were paid to Mr Morgan<\/a>, describing him as &#8220;a loving and devoted dad&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A cordon was put in place in the woods (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A parade lap and minute&#8217;s silence was held by members at Blythburgh Motocross Track in Halesworth, where Mr Morgan and his son, Lincoln both visited frequently.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman from the track said: &#8220;Steven was a regular with his son down the track who became a friend and was always there if we needed support, as well as others.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;RIP Steven, you will be missed by many&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Morgan was also a dedicated member of Norfolk and Suffolk Junior Motorcycle Club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kieran Jessett, the chairman of the club, said: &#8220;It is with huge sadness that we are all hearing of the passing of Steven Morgan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A fella with a big personality and passion for the sport who will be greatly missed in the paddock&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A GoFundMe page set up by Mr Morgan&#8217;s friends and family has raised more than \u00a313,000 in six days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The money will go towards a send-off to celebrate his life, with some of it supporting his son.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>An inquest into Mr Morgan&#8217;s death opened at Norfolk Coroner&#8217;s Court on Thursday (August 13) (Image: Denise Bradley)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The inquest, which opened at Norfolk Coroner&#8217;s Court on Thursday, gave his cause of death as hanging.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The court also heard he was born on February 27, 1980, lived on Milestone Close in Costessey, and was a window screen repairer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Statements have been requested by police officers who attended the scene, Mr Morgan&#8217;s GP, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Change Grow Live, and adult social services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Area coroner Yvonne Blake adjourned the inquest until 10am on December 11.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Do you need support?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Samaritans can be reached 24\/7 on 116 123 for completely confidential support and advice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The NHS First Response Service is available 24\/7 on 111 option 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Morgan, 46, was discovered by a member of the public in East Hills Woods in Costessey on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-737619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737619","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=737619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}