A seven-week-old baby died unexpectedly and from no obvious cause – a coroner has concluded.

Willow Beau Debra Golding, who was born on October 12, died on November 29 after her mother Paris Morton found her unresponsive in her crib which was attached to the side of the couple’s double bed.

An inquest at the Landmark, Burnley, heard how Willow-Beau, her mother and father, Joe Golding, went to sleep at about 11pm at their home on Brothers Street, Blackburn, on November 28, with Joe falling asleep quickly.

Willow's mother stayed up with her daughter, changed her and fed her at around midnight then tried to go to sleep however Willow wouldn’t settle.

The mother woke up a couple of hours later and knew immediately that something was very wrong.

CPR was attempted on Willow but tragically she was declared dead at the Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Dr Melanie Newbould, consultant paediatric of Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, who conducted the post-mortem examination, said that Willow was well-grown and that there was no evidence of injury, other than injuries sustained by prolonged CPR, however, these were not related to her death.

She said: “We know that Willow's attempted resuscitation went on for a lengthened time.”

She said that Willow had three X chromosomes which can be related to a child later developing learning difficulties, while sometimes in females it can lead them to become very tall.

The genetic condition cannot be passed down by parents and in most cases is asymptomatic throughout a person's life – for these reasons, she confirmed that this was also not a contributing factor in her death.

After all examinations were concluded, Dr Newbould could not determine an obvious cause of death and declared that Willow's death was from an unascertained cause.

She said: “In young infants it is very well-known that they can die suddenly."

Dr Newbould said that environmental impacts, such as co-sleeping, can have an impact in cases of sudden infant deaths but highlighted that this was not a cause of death but a potential contributing factor.

She added: “We can’t really know why, they are not actually the cause.”

Due to Dr Newbould being unable to establish a clear cause of death, Coroner Richard Taylor returned a conclusion of unascertained death.

He said: “Willow Beau Debra Goulding died at the Royal Blackburn Hospital on 29 November 2020 having been found unresponsive in her parents’ bed.”