How A 3-Year-old Girl Survived Alone At Home For 4-Days After Her Mom Committed Suicide
When in doubt, please reach out for help; suicide is not a solution and you can do better than to succumb to that voice telling you to end it.
A 3-year-old was found surviving on bread and butter up to 4 days after her mom killed herself, an inquest heard.
Mom-of-2, Aimee Louise Evans, from Port Talbot, south Wales, was found dead at her home address on April 7, 2018.
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The inquest heard that when police arrived at the property, they found the 28-year-old hanged in a bedroom and a 3-year-old who was found surviving on bread and butter up to 4-days after Aimee Evans killed herself.
Senior coroner Colin Phillips at Swansea Civic Centre said the post-mortem examination report found the cause of death to be hanging with the toxicology report showing a level of 137mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood
Mom-of-2 Aimee Louise Evans, had sent a text to her own mom, Julie Evans, on April 4, asking her to collect her daughter because she was ‘ending it’
PC Clive Morris, of South Wales Police, told the inquest at Swansea Civic Centre that Ms Evans’ 3-year-old daughter was also in the house and was looking unkempt.
Mr Morris said: “I became increasingly aware of the 3-year-old’s well-being – the child had been there for 3 to 4 days and she was unkempt. She was taken to hospital to be checked by a pediatrician afterwards.”
PC Morris said police believed the little girl survived by eating loaves of bread and some butter. Ms Evans’ son was staying with his natural father at the time.
Senior coroner, Colin Phillips said the post-mortem examination report found the cause of death to be hanging with the toxicology report showing a level of 137mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
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A sample taken from the eye – which tends to be more accurate in showing the alcohol levels at the time of death – showed a level of 216mg of alcohol per 100ml, he added.
The drink-drive limit in the UK is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
He recorded a conclusion of suicide.
Speaking after the inquest, Ms Evans’ friend, Stacey Ansell, said: “Aimee is truly missed by many people. If she knew how many people are heartbroken over her passing she would be overwhelmed. It deeply saddens me that she felt she couldn’t reach out to any of us.”
Another friend, Charlene Coulter, said: “Aimee was a fun-loving girl who had the biggest heart – she would go out of her way to help anyone and often wore her heart on her sleeve. She always made time for her close friends and loved nothing more than having a get together. Aimee’s passing left a massive gap in our lives – she had so much to live for. I really wish she would have picked up the phone and confided in one of her friends as we would have been there in a second. Aimee will never be forgotten by any of us – we love and miss her dearly.”