A sleep-deprived carpenter who struggled with depression killed himself in an empty bathroom showroom months after the arrival of his new-born daughter, an inquest heard today.
Max Thompson, 23, was described as a ‘kind and lovely guy with a cheeky smile’ by friends after he was found dead at his workplace last September.
An inquest at Cornwall Coroner’s Court in Truro was told that Mr Thompson, who worked at Wadebridge Bathroom Studio, was ‘not sleeping well’ after he and his partner Emily became parents to their baby daughter in May.
He suffered for many years with anxiety and later depression and low self-esteem, regularly seeking help and getting counselling, the inquest heard today.
The night before his death, Mr Thompson told his partner ‘I don’t have a life’. The next morning, he told her: ‘I look like a chav’.
Max Thompson, 23, was described as a ‘kind and lovely guy with a cheeky smile’ by friends after he was found dead at his workplace last September
Later he left their home to go grocery shopping but didn’t answer Emily’s text messages, his partner revealed today.
She looked for him around Wadebridge, and drove to his bathroom installer workplace – where she found his car parked there at the empty showroom.
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Emily told the inquest that she discovered Mr Thompson had killed himself, leaving her with so many unanswered questions. A post-mortem revealed no drugs or alcohol in his blood at the time of his death.
An inquest at Cornwall Coroner’s Court in Truro was told that Mr Thompson, who worked at Wadebridge Bathroom Studio, was ‘not sleeping well’ after he and his partner Emily became parents to their baby daughter in May
‘We were so good together,’ Emily said. ‘We had so many plans. This tragedy has devastated my entire life. Why leave his gorgeous baby?’
The acting senior coroner for Cornwall, Andrew Cox, said: ‘He was struggling with a lack of sleep which is often the case with new parents. The arrival of a baby ordinarily lifts the spirit of the parents.’
Mr Cox said he was ‘at a loss’ to explain the turn of events and said Mr Thompson’s anxiety and depression was not particularly bad at the time he died.
He recorded a suicide conclusion and told his family: ‘This is a desperately sad case and I am sorry someone so young has been lost.’
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Source: Daily Mail
