US Politics | Police failed to find missing dad in his own home TWICE and only found his body weeks later after mystery death
A MISSING dad was found dead behind a piece of furniture on the third search of his home after police failed to find him twice. Danny James Clarke's body was discovered by police on their third search of the house, after failing to find him during two previous inspections. 
BPMDanny's body was missed twice by police after being found on the third house search '/ ' 
BPMThe Derby dad leaves behind one daughter and was part of a large family '/ ' Police eventually found the 37-year-old behind a piece of furniture, under a matress, in the spare room on April 9, at the home in Rauche Court, Normanton. His family slammed Derbyshire police at the inquest held at Derby Coroner's Court on Thursday, November 10 and claim there are unanswered questions surrounding Danny's death. Jodie Clarke, Danny's brother, said: ...From the first day, the police never took it seriously. He was missing for weeks and weeks before they even bothered to start investigating anything. Read More 
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ROADSIDE RIDDLE Woman found dead on road after night out with key clue identifying victim ...Danny had lost a lot of weight and was struggling to walk up and down the stairs, yet somehow he got over all of the furniture in that room and got himself under the mattress at the end of the room, and police haven't found that suspicious. ...There is no physical way that Danny would have been able to get over that on his own, and we don't understand why he would have done it.... But Dr Michael Biggs, the forensic pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination, told the court: ...He was not injured to death. There is no evidence of any traumatic injury. I can't rule out positional asphyxia, but he was not injured to death either by falling or by being hurt by someone else.... Dr Biggs also said that toxicology showed no abnormally high levels of drugs or alcohol which could have led to death. Most read in UK News WE WILL REMEMBER Charles leads sombre Remembrance Sunday service alongside William & Kate HORROR FALL Girl, 17, falls to her death from block of flats as 24-year-old man arrested TRAPPED IN HELL Evil woman boasted about boozy 'girls' night' after letting 7 kids starve EYEFUL TOWER We were chased out of France after making porn film in cab under Eiffel Tower LEST WE FORGET POW held captive by Russians to join veterans for Remembrance Sunday parade AGONISING END Sex offender, 63, bleeds to death after suffering gruesome injuries in estate However, also suspicious was 28-year-old brother Jack, who spoke after the inquest and said: ...There are a lot of unanswered questions. We don't think the police did a thorough investigation, to the best of their abilities. ...I don't think the police have done enough. I feel they should have taken more into account, and should have read more into what they heard and statements they took.... Detective Sergeant Simon Rogers, of Derbyshire police, told the court that Danny was reported missing in the early evening of March 15 by his brother's partner. Two officers attended the property the following day due to a large amount of call outs and searched the box room, but did not check under the matress where Danny's body was later discovered. Police only registered the Derby dad as a high risk missing person two weeks later, when he failed to withdraw monthly benefits from his account. DS Rogers told the court: ...The officer 'who searched the room ' said he was satisfied that the room was in such a state that he did not believe anyone was in there. ...The individual officers involved have been spoken with by the Detective Inspector for Derbyshire, and advised as to how to conduct searches and the reason we go into a decent level of searching. ...I have been delivering training to all police officers who are the first to attend missing person reports, and there has been organisational learning and individual learning for the officers that attended.... Danny's cause of death was ultimately ruled as unascertained by Dr Biggs due to no conclusive evidence of any natural, toxicological or traumatic causes of death. Read More on The Sun 
SEAT-UATION Woman slams boyfriend for boarding flight without her - but people are divided In line with the medical evidence, Susan Evans, assistant coroner for Derby and Derbyshire said: ...Having seen photos of the box room, I do have sympathy with the decision not to search the room at the time. ...I welcome the evidence that the police have taken learning from Danny's death and would now search the box room or at least note that they had not searched the box room.... 
BPMDanny's cause of death was ruled as unascertained '/ '
BPMDanny's body was missed twice by police after being found on the third house search '/ ' BPMThe Derby dad leaves behind one daughter and was part of a large family '/ ' Police eventually found the 37-year-old behind a piece of furniture, under a matress, in the spare room on April 9, at the home in Rauche Court, Normanton. His family slammed Derbyshire police at the inquest held at Derby Coroner's Court on Thursday, November 10 and claim there are unanswered questions surrounding Danny's death. Jodie Clarke, Danny's brother, said: ...From the first day, the police never took it seriously. He was missing for weeks and weeks before they even bothered to start investigating anything. Read More TOT HORROR Boy, 3, dies after mystery 'incident' at home as cops launch probe ROADSIDE RIDDLE Woman found dead on road after night out with key clue identifying victim ...Danny had lost a lot of weight and was struggling to walk up and down the stairs, yet somehow he got over all of the furniture in that room and got himself under the mattress at the end of the room, and police haven't found that suspicious. ...There is no physical way that Danny would have been able to get over that on his own, and we don't understand why he would have done it.... But Dr Michael Biggs, the forensic pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination, told the court: ...He was not injured to death. There is no evidence of any traumatic injury. I can't rule out positional asphyxia, but he was not injured to death either by falling or by being hurt by someone else.... Dr Biggs also said that toxicology showed no abnormally high levels of drugs or alcohol which could have led to death. Most read in UK News WE WILL REMEMBER Charles leads sombre Remembrance Sunday service alongside William & Kate HORROR FALL Girl, 17, falls to her death from block of flats as 24-year-old man arrested TRAPPED IN HELL Evil woman boasted about boozy 'girls' night' after letting 7 kids starve EYEFUL TOWER We were chased out of France after making porn film in cab under Eiffel Tower LEST WE FORGET POW held captive by Russians to join veterans for Remembrance Sunday parade AGONISING END Sex offender, 63, bleeds to death after suffering gruesome injuries in estate However, also suspicious was 28-year-old brother Jack, who spoke after the inquest and said: ...There are a lot of unanswered questions. We don't think the police did a thorough investigation, to the best of their abilities. ...I don't think the police have done enough. I feel they should have taken more into account, and should have read more into what they heard and statements they took.... Detective Sergeant Simon Rogers, of Derbyshire police, told the court that Danny was reported missing in the early evening of March 15 by his brother's partner. Two officers attended the property the following day due to a large amount of call outs and searched the box room, but did not check under the matress where Danny's body was later discovered. Police only registered the Derby dad as a high risk missing person two weeks later, when he failed to withdraw monthly benefits from his account. DS Rogers told the court: ...The officer 'who searched the room ' said he was satisfied that the room was in such a state that he did not believe anyone was in there. ...The individual officers involved have been spoken with by the Detective Inspector for Derbyshire, and advised as to how to conduct searches and the reason we go into a decent level of searching. ...I have been delivering training to all police officers who are the first to attend missing person reports, and there has been organisational learning and individual learning for the officers that attended.... Danny's cause of death was ultimately ruled as unascertained by Dr Biggs due to no conclusive evidence of any natural, toxicological or traumatic causes of death. Read More on The Sun SEAT-UATION Woman slams boyfriend for boarding flight without her - but people are divided In line with the medical evidence, Susan Evans, assistant coroner for Derby and Derbyshire said: ...Having seen photos of the box room, I do have sympathy with the decision not to search the room at the time. ...I welcome the evidence that the police have taken learning from Danny's death and would now search the box room or at least note that they had not searched the box room.... BPMDanny's cause of death was ruled as unascertained '/ '
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