The death of a 51-year-old woman at her home in Oxford remains unexplained, an inquest heard this week. 

Caroline Harris died at her property on Venables Close in Jericho on July 26.

Following a postmortem her cause of death has been given as unascertained.

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Ms Harris was born in Oxford in 1972 and was a house mother.

The inquest into her death was opened at Oxford Coroner’s Court yesterday (August 31).

The purpose of an inquest is to determine the circumstances of an unnatural or unexplained death.

The date for the conclusion of the inquest has been set for January 18 at 12.30pm.