Mum eaten by her sausage dogs after laying dead at home for a month
A neighbour has tragically described how they knew something was wrong.
Mum eaten by her sausage dogs after laying dead at home for a month
A neighbour has tragically described how they knew something was wrong.
By Toby Codd, Tim Hanlon
11:16, Thu, Mar 13, 2025 | UPDATED: 11:25, Thu, Mar 13, 2025
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WARNING COLLECT IMAGE TAKEN FROM FACEBOOK NAME: Jemma Hart Woman's body partially eaten by sausage (Image: Facebook)
The body of a missing mum was partially eaten by her two pet sausage dogs. Jemma Hart, 45, was found dead on January 29 last year after her neighbours reported not seeing her for a month.
An inquest at Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner’s Court heard how her body was found by police at her home in Swindon. Coroner Ian Singleton said one of her dogs was also found dead while the other was in a "distressed" state.
The inquest was also told that the pets had been feeding off her remains. As reported by the Mirror, her son said the two sausage dogs, called Frankie and Millie, were her life.
He said: “She’d had dogs in the past but in 2022 she got a dachshund called Frankie and a year later she got another one called Millie. Her house backed onto Lydiard Park where she regularly walked her dogs, and the dogs were her life.”
Meanwhile, a neighbour, identified only as Lorraine, said that one of the dogs was aggressive. The 66-year-old told Mail Online: "Jemma told me she was going to breed her dachshunds and sell the puppies.
The brown one, Milly, was still a puppy [and] was a lovely dog. But the black one, Frankie, was vicious. He didn't like people or other dogs."
Despite Jemma’s passion for pets, she faced several health and mobility issues, which caused her to stop working. She also struggled with physical pain and insomnia.
Neighbours said they regularly passed Jemma walking her dogs and could often hear the dogs in her back garden. They then became concerned when a text message to Jemma was left unopened, and one dog was heard whimpering.
WARNING COLLECT IMAGE TAKEN FROM FACEBOOK NAME: Jemma Hart Woman's body partially eaten by sausage (Image: Facebook)
At the inquest Coroner Singleton said: “On January 29, Wiltshire Police was contacted by Jemma’s neighbours with concerns that they hadn’t seen her since Christmas. Officers went to her home and found her deceased in the living room. One of her dogs was also found dead at the scene and the other was in a distressed condition.”
A police officer who attended the scene said that the dogs had been eating her after her death. No other obvious injuries were found and the death was not believed to be suspicious.
Jemma had lived in the property for around 10 years and despite being known to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health team, she had not had contact with them for many years. A post-mortem report carried out by toxicologist Peter Street confirmed that the Swindon woman had died from suicide.
Coroner Singleton concluded: “Jemma lived alone with her two dogs in Swindon and she was estranged from her family. Jemma was found in her home with injuries caused by dogs after she died. Her death has been recorded as suicide.”
