Men who desperately tried to save woman's life as she was crushed by a wardrobe found themselves in custody

The three men who frantically tried to save the life a woman who was crushed by a wardrobe in a city centre hotel found themselves in custody. Chloe Haynes, 21, was found in her room at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool by her friend on September 10.

She was sharing a room at the hotel with her colleague, after travelling from Pwllheli, Wales, for a night out. Her friend and two other hotel guests, who did not know Chloe, were arrested on suspicion of murder by Merseyside Police but were later released with no further action taken.

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As reported in the ECHO, police are treating the death as "accidental", but the force is investigating the circumstances alongside Liverpool City Council's Environmental Health department. According to her heartbroken mum, Nicola Williams, by midnight Chloe was drunk and her friend escorted her back to the hotel room to sleep it off before heading back out.

At some point during the early hours, Chloe is believed to have opened the door of the wardrobe, possibly mistaking it for the toilet door or the exit, at which point the heavy piece of furniture collapsed onto her.

The friend staying with Chloe returned and found her body under the wardrobe, and rushed out of the room to scream for help. Miss Williams said: "The other two men came over from different rooms and helped lift the wardrobe off her.

"When the police came they had to be taken away for questioning. It did sting when we read they had been arrested, they had tried to help her."

Miss Williams, 49, said she is determined to find "every detail" of how the "petite and beautiful" daughter, whom she nicknamed "birdy", lost her life in such a tragic