A three-year-old girl from Wales survived for four days after her mother killed herself in an upstairs bedroom.
An inquest into the death of Aimee Louise Evans heard that the child was found surviving on bread and butter after being discovered by police, the Daily Mail reports.
The single mother-of-two, 28, was found dead in their Port Talbot, south Wales home on April 7 this year.
South Wales Police constable Clive Morris said, "I became increasingly aware of the three-year-old's wellbeing - the child had been there for three to four days and she was unkempt".
The girl was taken to a hospital to be checked by a paediatrician.
Her mother was last seen alive on April 3, when she went to her mother's house after she had been drinking.
The following day, Ms Evans asked her mother to collect her daughter, saying she was "ending it", to which her mother responded to "not be daft" and asking what the matter was, Constable Morris said during the inquest.
"Her mum said Aimee was a happy, outgoing individual that showed no signs of depression.
"She said her children were always well cared for - that they were were always clean, tidy, and well looked after.
"This is one of the hardest cases I have dealt with."
Constable Morris said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Ms Evans' death.
Ms Evans' son was staying with his biological father at the time of her death.
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