Keeley, 32, died after collapsing in a walkway - two years on, no one knows why

Keeley McKenzie died just after midnight on May 27, 2021. She was discovered lying in a walkway in Moss Side only minutes earlier.

Two years on, her family still don’t know how she died. What’s certain is that Keeley, 32, fell over in the cut-through between Moss Lane East and Caston Close.

That fall, a coroner ruled on Friday (June 9), caused her to haemorrhage blood. Tragically, that meant her heart could not cope and she passed away.

But no one knows why Keeley fell over.

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An inquest into her death, presided over by coroner Andrew Bridgman, returned an open verdict on Friday. It means her family may never know the truth about what happened on the evening of May 26, 2021.

Keeley was born with a series of heart problems, which were so severe that she had the last rites read to her as an infant, a statement from her older brother said. She survived the initial scare, and went on to have 35 surgical procedures on her heart, he added.

The effects of her cardiac illness meant Keeley suffered three strokes in her life, but recovered from each. She also could struggle with walking, becoming breathless.

Crucially, it also meant she had osteoporosis, a condition which weakens the bones. A post-mortem examination found the 1A cause of death was haemothorax, with 1B being right fourth rib fracture, and underlying factors named as heart disease, needing warfarin, and causing osteoporosis.

Keeley had been shielding for several months, due to Covid-19, in the months leading up to May 26. That evening, she was walking around Moss Side, delivering leaflets for her perfume business. At 10:06pm, she was seen on a CCTV camera walking down the cut-through, and