Investigators are still unsure what happened to a woman who was found dead at home after not being seen for eight days.

Neighbours on Hazen Road, Kings Hill, noticed a smell coming from Denise Boyson's house and began to grow concerned for her welfare on June 23, an inquest opening at the Archbishop's Palace in Maidstone was told.

They used a ladder to try and look through a first-floor window at the property, saw the 47-year-old's legs on the floor and called the emergency services, who pronounced her dead shortly after.

A post-mortem was carried out but the cause of death has not yet been established, the court heard.

Assistant coroner Katrina Hepburn adjourned the full inquest until September 11.

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