Father says son's death was suicide.THE father of a 38-year-old Brierley Hill Brierley Hill is a town in Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands, England. It is best known as the location of the Merry Hill shopping centre on the site of the Round Oak Steelworks. carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → found dead believes he took his own life despite an inquest reaching an open verdict open verdict Noun a finding by a coroner's jury of death without stating the cause open verdict open n (Law) → Todesfeststellung ohne Angabe der Todesursache . Black Country coroner Robin Balmain said he did not have enough evidence to rule that Jonathan Brookes had intended to kill himself. Mr Brookes, who had suffered from depression, was found at home in School Drive, Amblecote, Brierley Hill in January. Dr Sixto Batitang, pathologist from Russells Hall Hospital, said Mr Brookes had died from shock as the result of a major blood loss caused by sharp-edged incisions in his neck and left wrist. The dead man's father, John Brookes, said, although he was unaware of his son's depression, Jonathan had left home when he was 15 and had not been in contact with his family for ten to 12 years after that. |
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