Samples taken from Joy Morgan’s liver and muscles revealed presence of MDMA in her system

Mystery still surrounds the murder of a midwifery student by a fellow member of her church after an inquest failed to identify the medical cause of death.

The body of 20-year-old Joy Morgan was discovered in woodland in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on 5 October 2019 – two months after Shohfah-El Israel was jailed for life for her murder. Israel, who was sentenced to a minimum term of 17 years, had refused to reveal the location of her body.