'Amazing' young woman found drowned after row with housemate

An 'amazing' young woman was found drowned after having an argument with her housemate, an inquest heard. Shannon Canning, 24, was discovered by rowers in the River Lune near the village of Halton in Lancaster.

She had finished working at a bar then returned home and watched the TV show Come Dine with Me. After watching TV, Shannon had argued with her housemate about her boyfriend before leaving the flat sometime after 2am, Lancs Live reports.

She was never seen alive again. On the night of May 18, she finished a shift at Tipple Cocktails, in Lancaster, then returned home to the flat she shared in Keswick Court, where she watched Come Dine with Me.

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In the early hours of the following morning, Shannon left the property at around 2.20am. The alarm was raised on the Friday night, when she failed to turn up for work. Police launched an investigation and high profile search. Four days later, on May 24, members of a rowing club came across Shannon's body.

An inquest held on Thursday (October 5) at Preston Coroner's Court heard that the popular young woman had been drinking the night before she went missing. After watching TV, Shannon had argued with her housemate about her boyfriend before leaving the flat sometime after 2am.

The inquest heard that it was "out of character" for Shannon to not turn up for work. Patrick Hall, the owner of Tipple Cocktails, said Shannon was "always on time".

The police investigation into Shannon's disappearance involved officers scouring CCTV footage. The last confirmed sighting of Shannon was at 2.20am when she was seen heading towards the city centre on her