Mrs M was a strikingly beautiful, bubbly, vivacious woman who could be the life and soul of the party who would light up a room. However, her larger than life personality could also be used as a veneer to cover up her low self-esteem; she needed reassurance and was vulnerable. Mrs M’s early adolescence was undoubtedly a troubled and self-destructive phase in her life and the issues remained, with her mental ill-health making her vulnerable and unpredictable at times. She was killed after an argument with her husband.