LONDON — One of the three women killed at their family home just north of London this month was still alive with a crossbow bolt lodged in her chest when police arrived, an inquest heard Tuesday.

Following a 10-minute hearing, coroner Geoffrey Sullivan adjourned the inquest at Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court in Hatfield to allow any criminal proceeding to proceed.

Hannah Hunt, one of three family members killed in crossbow attack, managed to text someone and call police.{ai:summary}<p>In a grim scene just north of London, police found one of three women fatally shot with a crossbow, her life fading with the deadly bolt still embedded. The coroner paused the inquest, holding back as shadows of potential crime loomed large over the family's tragedy.  </p><p>#crime</p>

Crossbow murder victim still alive when police arrived, U.K. inquest hears

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