2004-02-13
... ?BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Rachel's body to be exhumed
The body of heroin addict Rachel Whitear is to be exhumed as part of the reinvestigation into her death. A photo of the 21-year-old's dead body that showed her crouching face down with a syringe in her hand was released as a warning of the dangers of drugs. Her death in Exmouth, Devon, four years ago was presumed to be an overdose, but no post-mortem was carried out. A blood test later revealed there was not enough heroin in the student's blood to kill her.
