If the jury was not satisfied on both of these, they were to return an open verdict.
The coroner returned an open verdict due to a lack of evidence.
If it's an open verdict, maybe, but not certainly, the same.
We do not know but that an open verdict was given.
Although she left a suicide note, an open verdict was recorded.
An open verdict is given where the cause of death cannot be identified on the evidence available to the inquest.
As to the cause of his death, the jury returned an open verdict.
As there was no medical evidence on the cause of death, he recorded an open verdict.
However, the second inquest also returned an open verdict in May 2004.
So an open verdict was the only appropriate one he could give.