Woman found crushed to death inside hotel room after night out in city centre

Woman found crushed to death inside hotel room after night out in city centreChloe Haynes, 21, was found dead by one of her friendsNewsBen Haslam and Isabelle Bates20:38, 03 Jun 2025Chloe

Haynes An investigation into the death of a 21-year-old woman is continuing after she was crushed by a hotel wardrobe.

Chloe Haynes was in Liverpool for a night out with her work friends when one returned to find her trapped under the furniture.

‌ Sadly, nothing could be done to save her and she was pronounced dead following the tragedy in September 2022.

‌ It is thought that the wardrobe inside her room at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool city centre had crushed her windpipe.

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And an investigation into what happened remains open almost three-years later, The Liverpool Echo reports.

Article continues below Following her death, three men were arrested on suspicion of murder but released without charge when police concluded the death was accidental.

And in the months that followed, an investigation was launched by Liverpool Council's Environmental Health department, with sources saying that a criminal prosecution remained an option.

When approached for an update into the investigation and whether or not criminal prosecution remains a possibility, the council said the investigation is ongoing and there is no timeframe on

when the investigation may be concluded.

‌ It comes after a pre-inquest review into Ms Haynes' death was pushed back after initially being listed with Liverpool Coroner's Office for Thursday, June 5.

Her mum, Nicola Williams, said at the time of her daughter's death she is determined to find every detail of how the "petite and beautiful" girl she nicknamed "birdy" died so strangely.

Chloe, who had a twin brother and three other siblings, had travelled to Liverpool from Hafan y Mor Haven Holiday Park in Pwllheli, North Wales, where she worked, for a night out.

‌ She was sharing a room at the city centre hotel with her colleague who found her body and raised the alarm.

Miss Williams, from Wrexham, said: "Chloe left Pwllheli around 7.40pm and they went to the Adelphi, there was some sort of engagement party or something.

"By midnight, she had been drinking shots and so on and she was a bit drunk, so her friend has taken her back to the hotel to sleep it off and then he's gone back out.

‌ "It seems she has got up out of the bed confused, not knowing where she is, and she's opened the door of the wardrobe maybe thinking it is the toilet or the door to go back out of the

room.

"It was a big, old, heavy wardrobe and it's fallen on her and crushed her windpipe."

Miss Williams said Chloe's friend returned to the room in the early hours of the morning and found her.

‌ She said he shouted to get help and two men from other rooms came to help lift the wardrobe off Chloe but it was too late to save her life

It was those three men who were initially questioned over Chloe's death by police.

One of the men, Wayne Kenny from Bootle, said he was stunned to be arrested on suspicion of murder after trying to perform CPR on Chloe.

‌ He added at the time: "I was thinking could I get accused for something I haven't done, could they make a mistake? To be thinking that for 10 hours was hard work."

Speaking about Chloe, Miss Williams said: "She loved animals. She had a little dog called Archie she was obsessed with. There are so many photos of them together.

"My little nickname for her was Birdy. She was so petite and little and when she ate she was like a little bird. She was quiet, she was somebody who didn't speak unless it needed saying.

‌ "But in the last 12 months she was coming out of her shell. She was gaining her confidence and she had a wide circle of friends. She was kind and caring and she seemed to connect with gay

men and that was how she met the friend she went to Liverpool with."

Following Chloe’s death, Liverpool Council carried out spot checks on the premises and on September 22, issued prohibition notices to Britannia Hotels regarding the safety of the wardrobes

found in Chloe’s room.

The spot checks also found issues regarding the windows at the hotel. While not required by law, where window restrictors are in place to prevent falls, they must be kept in good condition.

Article continues below Britannia appealed the notices regarding the safety of wardrobes and the council agreed to drop them after seeing evidence that work had been carried out to make them

safe.

The company dropped its appeal against the notice regarding windows and that was affirmed.