The death of a keen flute player and retired Oxford University lecturer whose body was found floating face-down in a steam four weeks after she went missing, will forever remain a mystery , an inquest has heard. Dr Maja O’Brien was expected to play at an orchestral concert before jetting off on a trip to Croatia, but after failing to show up, the 78-year-old was reported missing on March 28, 2019. A month later on On April 22, 2019, an Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue volunteer found a pair of feet while desperately tracing the River Thames on a boat to find the pensioner. Despite being a regular swimmer, the musician’s body was found lying face-down under a tree in Hinksey stream, off Kennington Road in Oxford, the inquest heard.