Mum's body returns to uk with 'heart missing'

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BETH MARTIN'S HUSBAND AND FAMILY ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS OVER THEIR LOVED ONE'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH 17:16, 24 May 2025 The family of mum-of-two who died of a mysterious illness in


Turkey are demanding answers over their loved one's death after her body was returned to the UK with her heart missing. Holidaymaker Beth Martin fell ill while on a flight to Istanbul.


The 28-year-old, from Portsmouth, was with her husband Luke at the time and she had reportedly put her sickness down to food poisoning. READ MORE: POLICE CONDUCT PROBE AFTER VAN DRIVER


KILLED IN SUTTON COLDFIELD CRASH But the mum began feeling 'delirious' within hours of touching down in Turkey's largest city. She was eventually rushed to Marmara University


Pendik Training and Research Hospital when her condition worsened. Article continues below Beth died on Tuesday this week shortly after she was admitted to the hospital. The Daily Mail


reported that her family claimed they were kept in the dark about the seriousness of her condition and had suggested doctors were unaware that Beth was allergic to penicillin. Luke was


initially accused of 'poisoning' his wife by Turkish police but has since been released. Turkish Ministry of Health officials revealed Beth died after a 'cardiac arrest due to


multiple organ failure' - but stopped short at explaining the exact cause of this. Shockingly, a post mortem examination back home revealed her heart had been removed from her body.


Turkey officials claimed Beth "did not undergo any surgical procedures during her treatment at the hospital" and there there "was no question of any organs being


removed". Her family now have an agonising and uncertain six months ahead as they're forced to wait for a coroner's inquest to be held into the exact cause of Beth's


death. Article continues below More than £250,000 has been raised for Beth's family after a Go Fund Me page was set up to support her loved ones. Friend Robert Hammond, who set up the


page, said: "Please can we just thank everyone for taking the time to read this and any help you can offer is not too little."