A former Mayor and Councillor aged only 45 has been found dead in her home after ‘struggling with the lockdown’ that has been in place in the UK since the 23rd of March. Samantha Dodd, who was a mum of one has been described as a ‘one of a kind’ Mayor.
It has been reported that Ms Dodd sent concerning messages to friends, before failing to return calls and messages that were sent back. Police then found Ms Dodd’ body at her cottage in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire on the 30th of May. Ms Dodd The catering had been an active Conservative councillor for 11 years.
A spokeswoman for Gwent Police has said: “We were called to an address in Trinity Street, Abergavenny, at around 5.05pm on Saturday 30 May, to a report of the sudden death of a woman”. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Samantha Dodd’ friend Brian Butt has said : “She was lovely, and I had messages which caused me concern. I offered help but she politely refused. A little while later she sent me a message in a hearts background saying ‘I am sorry. I am very upset’ “. Another friend quoted in the Metro has said : “She had some personal difficulties around Christmas, but I thought she was over them as she had seemed fine when I had seen her since. But she was a very sociable person and always doing stuff so this lockdown period would have been especially hard for her”.
The local MP for Monmouth is David Davies who has said that he is ‘deeply shocked’ to hear of the death and also added that that Samantha Dodd was a ‘joy to work with’.
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