A DISABLED mum was found dead under a pile of rubbish in a garden two weeks after she vanished from her home.
Kelly Louise Randall, 45, was missing for more than 10 days before she was found in the garden of a Swansea home.
Kelly Randall was found death 13 days after she disappeared from her home in Swansea[/caption]
She had been last seen on May 3, 2022, before she was reported missing two days later by her partner on May 5.
A missing persons’ search was launched for the mum-of-three, with police making enquiries about her whereabouts.
Despite her previous use of a wheelchair, due to having one of her legs amputated, she was treated as a low-risk missing person at first.
This was upgraded to a medium-risk six days after her disappearance, as police conducted both a search of her Swansea home and also checked local hospitals and CCTV.
Once told Kelly’s wheelchair was spotted outside a property in nearby Clas y Deri in the Waunarlwydd area of the city, police then focused their search there.
The property’s resident Alfred Millman allowed officers into the home, where they then found the wheelchair in one of the bedrooms.
Blood stains were also discovered on a jumper, a mattress, a bed sheet, and a bed frame in the house.
More officers were then called to the property, with one noticing a mound of rubbish and debris at the rear of the property.
They then spotted clothing, a trainer, and what appeared to be a human arm, before then finding Kelly’s body.
A short time after, Millman was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Kelly’s family had paid tribute to her at the time, describing her as a “brilliant mother” who had been a talented hairdresser and someone who was well-known in the Port Talbot area.
An inquest into Kelly’s death was held at the Guildhall in Swansea in September last year.
DC Lisa Minto of South Wales Police confirmed Kelly was last seen on May 3, 2022, a full 13 days before her body was found in Millman’s garden.
Millman was interviewed following his arrest and some of his answers were read out by DC Minto at the inquest.
‘I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER DEATH’
He had said he found Kelly in the bedroom under the duvet while he was searching for cigarette papers.
Millman added she had been lying on her side purple-faced, and that when he tried to clean her face he realised she was dead as her body was cold to the touch.
He said he then panicked and put her body outside with the rubbish as he “didn’t know what to do”.
Millman continued, saying he did not know how long she had been in the bedroom as he “hardly” goes in there.
He added that he had not looked in the bedroom for around two or three weeks as he did not use that room.
Millman also admitted he should have called the police but that he was “scared” and in a “panicky state”, claiming “I had nothing to [do] with her death.”
He said he used a belt and a washing line rope in order to help him move Kelly outside the property and expressed confusion at how she entered the property, although he said she did have a key.
DC Minto told the inquest that there was “no evidence found to suggest that Kelly’s death was suspicious”.
The hearing was also told how Kelly had a history of drug addiction and had been on medication at the time of her death.
She had been known to self-harm and had also been suffering with depression.
Kelly’s partner of 25 years wrote a statement that was read at the inquest that said they would both use heroin and Valium and that Kelly was taken to Morriston Hospital by paramedics after falling from her wheelchair on the day she was last seen.
The inquest was also told she had been talking of suicide on that same day.
Forensic pathologist Dr John Williams told the inquest he could not be certain as to the specific point at which Kelly died.
He explained that decomposition suggested she died prior to May 16, 2022 but that it could have happened on the day she was last seen or in the days that followed.
A post-mortem revealed Kelly had no fractures to her skull, no bleeding in her brain, and there was no evidence of a stroke, heart attack, or trauma to the head.
Kelly Randall was praised as a ‘brilliant mum’ in a tribute by her family[/caption]
