I Am Struggling To Make Sense Of This...

[Gromit]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44560959

[Baldric]

/// “I believe she knocked some of the plaster of one wall to find blocks behind.” ///

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sporty-fit-healthy-mum-who-14808581

[jno]

she seems to have got through one wall to find breeze blocks, and another and found a picture which she thought was another obstacle she couldn't get through. She broke a ppipe, which sprayed water over her and presumably lowered her temperature. She died of hypothermia. People thought the noise they heard was building works.

I suppose if she'd paid, nobody would have any particular reason to check that she was still there.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2018/06/20/woman-died-from-hypothermia-after-getting-trapped-in-airing-cupboard-during-mid-wales-holiday/

[fiction-factory]

After that quote about the blocks behind the wall the report then says

Mrs Isherwood managed to make a hole in another wall.

Mr Pritchard Jones said: "Unfortunately on the other side of the wall was a picture. She had been able to break a hole completely through that wall. I think the presence of the picture meant she didn’t realise. She probably thought she couldn’t get out.”

[fiction-factory]

Sorry, crossed posts- took me too long to submit. Distracted by the football

[Jackdaw33]

Poor lady. A very unpleasant way to die. If only she'd taken her mobile with her she might well be still alive. That is why I always have my mobile about my person, purely for emergencies.

[youngmafbog]

Thing is though if you got up in the night for a waz you wouldnt take your mobile.

It's easy to get disorientated i've had it happen a few times although i was travelling a lot and in different hotels. Also done the wardrobe trick much to the annoyance of the wife :-(

So sad, terrible death.

[Cloverjo]

Just thinking about this again, every airing cupboard I've ever known had a boiler/heater and shelves which you would bump into if you walked into it by accident. Or are there big roomy airing cupboards in some houses?

[fiction-factory]

Yes, it must have been quite a big room- a walk-in airing cupboard- for there to be room for the door to close behind her without her getting in the way

[ludwig]

After her initial efforts to get out, she probably thought she'd rest til morning and then try again, not realising the danger of hypothermia because of the water.

I think once that kicks in you're not even aware how cold you are and start to feel warm and sleepy.

[Old_Geezer]

Must've been in major panic mode to be discouraged by a painting :-(