A TEENAGER whose body was found in a river near Tollesbury drowned, an inquest heard.
Danielle Ann Young, 19, was found in water near Church Street on April 16.
Police had been conducting a search for Miss Young after she previously went missing from her home address.
Sadly, she was declared dead at the scene.
The inquest into her death was opened by senior coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray on Monday at Essex Coroner's Court.
The court heard that a post-mortem examination revealed a provisional cause of death as drowning, and that police were not treating the death as suspicious.
The inquest was adjourned to be listed for mention on July 2.
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