An inquest has opened after the body of a Dukinfield man was found on a beach in West Cumbria.
David Brunt, 65, of Dukinfield, was found on a beach near Whitehaven after being reported missing in April.
He had allegedly been seen boarding a train to Blackpool, where CCTV captured him on the pier - more than seventy miles away from where his body was discovered.
Cumbria Police were called to Parton beach at 10:25am on 1st June after reports of a body.
At the time, a police spokesman said the death was being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious.
An inquest has since opened in Cumbria's Cockermouth Coroner's Court on Tuesday (2nd July), and is set to conclude on the 11th November.
Assistant Coroner Margaret Taylor has said the cause of Mr Brunt's death is yet to be confirmed, and that she has requested information from Cumbria Police about the circumstances in which the body was found.
Ms Taylor has also requested information from the Pennine Care NHS Trust and from Change Grow Live - a substance misuse service in Manchester - regarding any involvement with Mr Brunt, and has asked his GP about any contact they may have had with him in the months leading up to his death.
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