Royal prank call: Duped nurse was found hanging

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By NBC News' Keir Simmons and wire reportsUpdated at 6:20 a.m. ET: LONDON – The nurse duped by two Australian radio show hosts into putting through a prank call to the hospital ward of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was found hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe, an official said Thursday.AFP - Getty ImagesNurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead days after being hoaxed by an Australian radio show.Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found by a colleague and a member of security staff at King Edward VII’s Hospital in the British capital on Friday, coroner's officer Lynda Martindill told a formal hearing into the circumstances of her death called an inquest.

Police detective chief inspector James Harman told the hearing that the married mother-of-two had injuries to her wrists.

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