A young Hawke's Bay woman has died suddenly at home from a suspected epileptic seizure - leaving her fiance alone and facing the crippling financial result of her death.
Jess Reid, 23, died suddenly at her Hastings home on Friday.
Her death leaves her fiance Alex Bradley facing life without his partner and the prospect of losing the home that was their "dream property".
Reid was 16 when she met Bradley, and pair quickly became "inseparable", according to a Givealittle page set up after her death.
The "reptile crazy" couple were engaged in December 2018 in Auckland Zoo's Galapagos tortoise enclosure and their wedding was arranged for March 2021.