Overview
- Emergency services recovered a female body from the canal near Atlantic Street in Altrincham on Dec. 10 shortly before 8:30 a.m.
- Relatives identified the victim as Jana Bahvalova, a 29-year-old mother of two who had been reported missing after failing to pick up her daughters on Dec. 8.
- Her sister described her as a devoted parent to Adelina and Kate, a Latvian national who worked as a hotel housekeeper and had recently moved to Birchwood from Peterborough after a relationship breakdown.
- Specialist police teams searched the area and a section of the towpath on Oldfield Road was cordoned off during the operation near Plantin Road in Broadheath.
- The family launched a GoFundMe to help cover funeral costs and provide support for her children.