The grieving parents of a university student who mysteriously drowned in the swimming pool while at a friend’s French villa are calling for a full investigation into her death.
Holly Woodcock, 20, from Erith in South London, went to stay at her school friend’s holiday home in August 2024 but tragically never returned.
Five days into the trip at around 1.30am on August 2, following a party with neighbours, Holly, described as a ‘beautiful and gregarious student’, was found alone at the bottom of the pool.
Emergency services were called 14 minutes after Holly was first found, and although her heart briefly restarted
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