Talented young dancer is found dead in her home as her family demand answers
Sydney woman Layla-Maria Grubb, 18, was found unresponsive by her family last Saturday afternoon.
The 'bright, kind and talented' woman had been rushed to hospital earlier that morning after suffering from a seizure, before she was released hours later.
Her family have said this was highly unusual and that their daughter had never experienced anything like this before.
Prior to her death Ms Grubb had been described as a 'healthy, positive, focused girl' by the director Village Nation which was the dance studio where she studied.
'We all want to know what happened; we are searching for answers,' director Briden Starr told the Daily Telegraph.
Ms Grubb's family have since launched a GoFundMe for their daughter as they come to grips with what has happened.
'We are absolutely broken, there is nothing that can take this pain away. Life will never be the same,' her mother Beth Ashton said.
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