A young mother passed away under mysterious circumstances while vacationing in Turkey. The autopsy conducted in the UK revealed that her heart had been surgically removed without her family’s consent.
The tragic incident involved 28-year-old Beth Martin from Portsmouth, who was taken to the hospital after showing signs of delirium just one day into a vacation with her husband Luke and their two children, aged eight and five.
She was quickly placed into critical care but tragically passed away around a day after she was first admitted on April 28.
Beth’s family expressed their shock at not being informed about the seriousness of her illness and subsequent passing. Furthermore, Luke was wrongly accused by Turkish officials of poisoning his wife.
And in a further sickening development, a UK autopsy later revealed Beth’s heart had been removed after she passed away in Turkey, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for her family.
It is also understood the hospital where Beth was treated is now being investigated for potential negligence amid the raft of claims levelled against them.
Beth’s family have been left desperately searching for answers about how and why she died – with Luke saying he has suffered the ‘deepest level of trauma’.
He said having to tell his young children they will never see their mother again ‘broke him’ and he described the ordeal as the ‘worst week of his life’.
Beth Martin, pictured with husband Luke, was rushed to hospital after she became ‘delirious’
Beth, 28, from Portsmouth, with her husband Luke and two children, aged eight and five
Beth’s family were reportedly kept in the dark about the seriousness of her condition and death
‘Two weeks ago me, my wife and two kids set out for a family holiday to Turkey. Only three of us made it back,’ Luke wrote on social media on May 11.
‘I lost my wife, my children lost their mum, we lost the biggest piece of the puzzle that was our family.
‘It has been the worst and most traumatic week of my entire life, and to top it off. I had to break the news to my babies that their mum isn’t coming home, it broke me.’
The Martin family flew out to Turkey on Sunday, April 27, but it is understood Beth started to feel unwell soon after they touched down in the airport.
Luke called an ambulance the following day and she was taken to a ‘destitute’ hospital where she was quickly moved into intensive care.
According to the GoFundMe page, Luke was ‘banned’ from seeing his wife and was not regularly updated on her condition while she was being cared for.
Beth was just a day into a trip with her husband Luke when she was rushed to husband
A UK autopsy later revealed Beth’s heart had been removed after she passed away
Luke was even accused of ‘poisoning’ his wife by the Turkish authorities
It is understood that doctors did raise some concerns about Beth’s heart but she died the day after she was admitted to the hospital.
To compound the nightmare, Luke was reportedly accused of poisoning his wife and interrogated by police. He was subsequently cleared and no further action was taken.
In further claims levelled against Turkish authorities, the family also say they were made to carry Beth’s body in a bag through the hospital.
They then said they were told they would have to wait more than two weeks to repatriate her body so Luke ‘paid thousands’ for Beth to be flown home on the same flight as him.
Luke added in his social media post: ‘I stayed in Turkey another two days to ensure she was brought back, and booked myself on the same flight home.
‘Knowing my wife was still on my flight but I couldn’t be next to her broke me even more.
‘The harsh reality of coming home and the world’s still spinning as if nothing has happened is horrible. Realisation of becoming mum and dad, packing her clothes away for the last time, and the deafening silence when the kids are asleep.
Beth’s family have been left desperately searching for answers about how and why she died
Luke said having to tell his young children they will never see their mother again ‘broke him’
The hospital where Beth was treated is now being investigated for potential negligence
‘If anyone can take anything away from this…hold your loved ones a little longer, don’t sleep on an argument, take photos, take videos, tell them you love them more. You will never know when any of these may be your last.
‘I love you babe, forever by my side. This life and the next.’
The GoFundMe page set up to raise money for the Martin family has already hit a total of more than £100,000.
Writing on the page, organiser Robert Hammond said: ‘In the weeks since bringing Beth home the family is battered and bruised.
‘Everyone is a shell of themselves and no one knows how to even begin to recover from something so horrific.. yet still — it gets worse.
‘The UK autopsy began. And then the final blow: Beth’s heart was missing.
‘The Turkish hospital has removed it. No explanation. No consent. They have invaded her body and they have TAKEN her heart.’
He continued: ‘And this is why we are fighting back.
‘Luke has spent thousands. He’s self-employed, meaning that if he’s not back to work in a matter of days, he won’t be able to support his family.
‘They are grieving, traumatised — and now trying to put the pieces of their family back together.
‘After everything the family have been through – Luke believes passionately that this is something that cannot be taken lying down.’
