Help - Death of estranged sister

[granadagirl]

I’ve just learnt that my sister died at home before Christmas don’t know much more other than daughter found her on floor
We have never spoken for nearly 10 yrs.
She as 2 daughters but I’ve never spoken to them either.
There was a massive family argument back then and she walked away saying never speak/contact me or any of my family again

So what I want to know without contacting her daughters. Is
Can I legally find out the cause of her dying as her sibling ?
I’ve searched the internet and can’t find an answer!

I think you should ask your nieces, how old are they?

I would contact your nieces

Are you going to her funeral?

Why don’t you want to contact her daughters ?

They are in there 40’s
I definitely can’t ask them as they were very involved at the time and abusive and caused most of the arguments.

I wanted to do it without any fuss
Just thought as a sibling I might be able to find out from any records kept

I’m in the uk

Eventually you should be able to obtain a copy of the death certificate, there will be a cost

How old are the nieces? Did she have a husband ?

Unless she was terminally ill and it was an expected death there will be an inquest. Usually there’s a formal inquest opening meeting which family don’t really need to go to, but the details will be published on the local coroners website. Then all the reports and medical history will be collated, police might be asked to investigate any evidence of wrongdoing, and ultimately there will be a final inquest hearing where a cause of death is given by the Coroner.

You could contact the local coroners service and make an enquiry if you would want to attend the inquest for this information. It may be a few months away though.

If you google coroners service and the city/county where she lives there is usually a PDF uploaded onto the website with everything they are hearing in the coroners court that week. You might have already missed the boat for the first mention of your sister on the listings but you could keep checking every week for her name to pop up.

The easiest, most definitive option is to ring though.