The inquest in to the tragic death of Rothbury woman Mrs. Violet Thrung was held in the village this week. Mrs.Thrung (67) had, for no apparent reason, exploded while walking with her sister near Simonside, at approximately 10.30am on the 4th April this year, the court was told. Detective Inspector Earnest Churney said that there was no evidence of foul play and that the case was closed as far as the Police were concerned. Mrs. Thrungs GP, Dr Edwin Vestment, said Violet was “a cheerful, active woman” and “very fit and healthy for her age”. Pathologist Dr Bernard Spangle who performed an autopsy of Mrs. Thrung’ remains, was in his own words “completely baffled as to how or why this has happened. There were no traces of chemical or explosive materials, no signs of exposure to extreme heat or radiation or any indication that Mrs. Thrungs body had been hit by an object traveling at high speed, which was originally considered as a possible cause of this tragic event. Violets body seems to have broken apart at molecular level and quite spontaneously”. The coroner Mr. Nathaniel Swill offered his condolences to Mrs.Thrungs sister who was in court but too upset to give evidence. In summing up he said that this was the third such death in the area in the last six years and urged the scientific and medical communities to continue their research in to this phenomena. An open verdict was recorded