Beth Martin, 28, travelled to Turkey with her husband Luke and two young children but died just days into her trip – her family has said an autopsy revealed something horrifying
The devastated family of a young British mother who tragically died while on holiday received a huge shock when her autopsy results came back.
Mother-of-two Beth Martin, 28, was rushed to hospital after she became “delirious” just one day into her trip to Turkey and was placed in critical care. Beth, from Portsmouth, unfortunately passed away a day after she was admitted to hospital on April 28 – but her husband Luke’s heartbreak has not ended there as a shocking discovery was made after her death. A UK autopsy revealed doctors had removed her heart without her family’s knowledge.
Beth had travelled on April 27 with Luke and her two children, aged five and eight, but her family now says they are being kept in the dark about what happened to the beloved mother. It is understood that Beth fell ill soon after the Martin family landed at the airport.
Her husband said he called an ambulance the next day and Beth was taken to a “destitute” hospital and Luke said he was even “banned” from seeing his wife.
Luke said the severity of her condition was not shared, and added that he was even accused by Turkish authorities at one point of “poisoning” his wife, but he was cleared. The hospital that treated Beth before her tragic death is now being investigated for negligence following her death and her family are fighting for answers into what happened and where the mother’s heart is.
Her family has shared heartbreaking details about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Beth’s death and said they felt the “deepest level of trauma”, in a GoFundMe page.
The fundraiser said: “The UK autopsy began. And then the final blow: Beth’s heart was missing. The Turkish hospital has removed it. No explanation. No consent. They have invaded her body and they have TAKEN her heart.”
It added: “They are grieving, traumatised — and now trying to put the pieces of their family back together. After everything the family have been through – Luke believes passionately that this is something that cannot be taken lying down.”
Luke shared an emotional message on social media after the tragedy and said: “2 weeks ago me, my wife and 2 kids set out for a family holiday to Turkey. Only 3 of us made it back. I lost my wife, my children lost their mum, we lost the biggest piece of the puzzle that was our family.
“It has been the worst and most traumatic week of my entire life, and to top it off.. I had to break the news to my babies that their mum isn’t coming home, it broke me. Even more so when I had to say goodbye to them so they could be brought home by family.
“I stayed in Turkey another 2 days to ensure she was brought back, and booked myself on the same flight home. Knowing my wife was still on my flight but I couldn’t be next to her broke me even more.”
The GoFundMe page has said Luke has spent thousands of pounds to fly Beth’s body home himself for an autopsy.