AN inquest is to be held today into the death of Newport teenager Nida Naseer.

The body of the Coleg Gwent student was found at the Newport Wetlands in March this year, three months after she went missing from her home in Linton Street, Pill.

The 19-year-old had been the subject of a widespread missing person investigation after she left her home on December 28, 2013 and failed to return.

The alarm was raised because she had left without shoes, money or a phone and had failed to get in touch. Despite extensive appeals from her family and classmates, there were no confirmed sightings of her prior to the discovery of her body on March 27.

Gwent Police repeatedly referred to the case as a “mystery”, with more than 630 lines of enquiry being generated before her body was found.

An inquest was formally opened in April, where it was said the cause of her death remained unclear.

It was also stated that Miss Naseer’s body had been identified through dental records.

Further toxicology and histology tests were to be carried out.

A report of the inquest will be carried on the South Wales Argus website today.