Content warning: this article includes graphic descriptions of fatal injuries.
More tragic details about the final moments of John Hunt’s family members have emerged.
After the BBC journalist’s wife Carol, 61, and daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were killed in a crossbow attack in their own home July 9, an inquest held on July 30 revealed additional details about their deaths.
While Hannah later succumbed to her injuries, she was still alive when police arrived at the family’s home, according to The Guardian, citing the inquest, and had reached out for help during the July 9 attack.
Hannah sent a text to an unnamed individual saying she had been “tied up” by an intruder, a coroner’s officer shared at the inquest, per the Guardian, asking the recipient to call the police and adding that the attacker was still in the family’s home.
She was reportedly then able to dial 999—the local emergency line—reporting she as well as her sister and her mother had been shot and managed to supply her address before the call cut out.
The inquest also noted that Hannah and Louise died from crossbow wounds, while Carol died from stab wounds to her chest and abdomen.
