Heartbreak as daughter dies
A mother today paid tribute to her "vibrant" daughter who was hoping to go to university but died tragically days before her 19th birthday.
A mother today paid tribute to her "vibrant" daughter who was hoping to go to university but died tragically days before her 19th birthday.
Zoe Walker had "everything to live for" said her heartbroken mother Juliet Chapman.
Speaking at her home in New Town, Brockmoor, Miss Chapman, said the death of her daughter had left a huge hole in her life. She said: "When the police came and told me a body had been found I prayed it would not be Zoe.
"I just can't believe she has gone, she was so vibrant and had everything to live for."
The former Ridgewood High School was discovered hanging from a tree in Wednesfield by her boyfriend last Friday just five days before she was due to celebrate her birthday with friends. The teenager was an art student at Stourbridge College and her mother said the walls of her daughter's bedroom were plastered in her paintings.
Zoe's aunt Janie Chapman said: "She would always be able to light up a room, she was so vibrant and very talented."
An inquest on Miss Walker was opened and adjourned yesterday.