- Two years after his wife’s death,
- her widower was visited
- by the husband of his niece.
- ‘I went in the back door.
- The dog came flying
- down the stairs, fussing.
- He must have been in the room with him.’
- He had suffered depression
- following his wife’s death.
- ‘I went upstairs. I had
- an awful feeling.
- I put my head round the door.
- I could see him lying at the side of the bed.
- His face was straight down and
- I just knew.’
- Police officers searched the home;
- empty packets of insulin.
- An officer found a draft text message on his phone.
- It gave the name of his niece.
- It said, ‘I’m so sorry,
- I hope you can forgive me one day.’
[Hull Daily Mail, 16/05/2013, Man found dead after wife drowned in Holderness Drain]