Grieving mum who began 'experiencing visions' following son's death dies in same place

A family has been left devastated by two losses, after the mum of a teenage boy who took his own life was found dead at the same spot just weeks later.

Camille Hardman told family she 'no longer felt able to survive without' her son. Ethan Hardman's body was found in a wooded area of Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, on October 14 last year, reports LancashireLive.

The talented footballer took his own life a few months after his 16th birthday. Days after Ethan's death Camille was admitted to a mental health unit after her family raised the alarm about her repeatedly expressing suicidal thoughts.

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An inquest heard she was discharged in order to allow her to attend his funeral, on November 9. But as the weeks went on, she continued to voice her intention to end her life.

Despite ongoing support from her partner Richard Benson, as well as her siblings and input from the community mental health team, Camille "no longer felt able to survive without Ethan" and began to experience visions of his body being found. On December 8, just six weeks after Ethan's death, Camille walked to the spot where he had died and took her own life aged 45.

At an inquest held on Monday (May 22) at Preston Coroner's Court, extracts from a statement by Camille's partner Richard described how her mental health had been "extremely fragile" after Ethan's death. He persuaded Camille to stay at his home in Leeds after the funeral but police were called when she left his house and booked herself into a hotel for three days.

Officers from West Yorkshire Police visited Camille at the hotel but only spoke to her through the door. Camille's family said that had they gone inside the room they