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Monday 15 September 2014

Mum drowned toddler son before jumping with older child to their deaths

A suicidal 24 year old mum drowned her 2-year-old son in their family home before going to a rock in Dartmoor and plunging 100ft to her death - with her five year old son on her back. Read the full story from the Mirror below...
Katherine Hooper and five-year-old son Joshua Patterson were killed when they fell between 80-100 feet from Lowman Tor at Haytor Rock on Dartmoor last July.
When police later went to her family home in Paignton, Devon, they discovered her youngest son Sam dead in a double bed.
An inquest at Torquay, Devon, heard that a suicide note was found by police hidden within a book on a shelf at her home. It was not dated but detectives believe it was written a couple of weeks before the tragic triple deaths.
A coroner has ruled that Kat, as she was known, killed herself but unlawfully killed Joshua. He returned an open verdict on toddler Sam.

The hearing was told after a Dutch holidaymaker sent police a photo which showed Kat and Joshua on the rock in the moments before they fell to their deaths.

And other foreign and local people saw the death fall and had witnessed Kat moving closer to the edge of the drop from the granite rock with Joshua having a ‘piggy back’ ride on his 24 year old mum’s back.

Kat and Joshua both died from multiple injuries, suffering head and neck wounds which rendered them unconscious before they died.

But a pathologist was unable to ascertain what killed Sam.

The South Devon coroner Ian Arrow said: "I am not certain that I can record drowning as his medical cause of death.”
Mr Arrow said Sam ‘probably died well before’ the day his mum and older brother fell to their deaths and he said Kat and Joshua had left their home ‘in a hurry’ after he died.

A Home Office forensic pathologist Dr Russell Delaney said Sam’s death was ‘suggestive of drowning but not diagnostic’.

He said there was no evidence that Sam had been smothered but a bath half full of water was found by police.

Detective Sergeant Andy James, from the Major Crime Investigation Team, said on Friday, July 12th, police received reports from members of the public of two lifeless bodies being found at the bottom of Lowman Tor near Bovey Tracey, Devon.

He said people climbing on the famous Haytor Rock saw a woman with a young child which was not that unusual.

But he told the inquest: ”They seemed to be precariously close to the edge of the rock.”
He said one witness looked at them but felt they were intruding and although unnerved by the situation they ‘let them be’.

A German holidaymaker said Joshua was ‘on the back piggy back style walking slowly to the edge’ before sitting down.
They did not intervene because no one appreciated what was going to happen, he said.

The inquest heard from her father Peter Hooper, a Dartmoor builder, who said in his statement that his daughter was a ‘lovely, caring person’.

He said she met 52 year old Neil Patterson when she was 17 and had the two boys with him.
He said by Christmas 2012 ‘a little bit of the spark had gone’ from Kat and a week later she took an overdose of pills and went missing.

The two boys were taken into care and were returned to her two weeks later.
Mr Hooper said what happened in July was ‘a complete shock’ when she jumped off the rock killing Joshua and herself.
He said when he last spoke to her on the phone ‘she sounded alright’.

Police at the time said they know Kat and Joshua had left their home the day before their deaths and slept rough near a quarry overnight.

58 comments:

jaybeyblu said...

KAI!

Unknown said...

What's a tragedy
Sad event


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NaNcY DreW said...

Oyinbo's and deir serious psychotic issues. Hian

Bishop Dammy said...

For no reason should anyone commit suicide.. Take for example, you fedup of living, tired of life,committing suicide(murder) would not take you to heaven but hell(more punishment). Pleas the devil is all out just to destroy. John 10:10-11. BishopDammy#

Bonita Bislam said...

The kinda evil spirit that feast on humans this days is quite alarming.This is so beyond human madness

Anonymous said...

Crazy woman #bright bravo#

Daralohi said...

Could she going through depression,may their souls rest in peace.

Unknown said...

We don't know d deep pains people go through inside. It's just sad others are affected

Unknown said...

Perhaps she was mentally ill.

comfort said...

So sad RIP young ones

mummy's Girl said...

sad news everywhere. but God dey

mummy's Girl said...

sad news everywhere. but God dey

mummy's Girl said...

sad news everywhere. but God dey

EbonyAma said...

Oyibo and suicide, what lead dis woman to do dis?

Anonymous said...

so many ridiculous things happening around the world now.. May God help.














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Anonymous said...

What country biko... did they allow a 52 yr old marry a 17year old?

This "mind ur biz attitude" isn't d best.
I wish i cud say RIP but i doubt it.. except 4 d children.

Omalicha Nwa said...

This oyinbo ppl sef. They shouldn't have given those kids back to her after she od'd.
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Unknown said...

White and craziness... Menn dis whites r psychoes olorun....which kind wicked death be dis?

Debbie Chelsea said...

Lindodo wat's happening in dis world? Eh?....

Unknown said...

Sick from d brain... Rip kid

Knon said...

Something must be in the water these people drink that makes them suicidal. Just saying

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

So sad.

Unknown said...

OMG.... this womans dead body needs to be flogged to pieces

Anonymous said...

Chai. See innocent children. May God have mercy on us. Uwa emebiela!

Neymar said...

Wat a tragedy! Killing d innocent children is even more painful. May dere soul rest peace.

jerry said...

Nawa o

Anonymous said...

FIRST TO COMMENT***(GURU) What a bad news.R.I.P

Funso Samuel said...

What a loss.Even if she wanted to commit suicide..why killing two young promising kids? This is sad.

APPLE said...

This mum shouldn't have been born.

Olubukola Ozone said...

Useless agents of satan

Unknown said...

This little boy eyes...I cover my eye o. #####QUEENMAYA#####

Unknown said...

Y kill dis innocent kids..may thier soul find rest in d bossom of d Lord

Anonymous said...

this is the worse suicide i have ever heard. let children should rest in peace. but she whil not.

tookuit said...

Lord have mercy!!!

Anonymous said...

It is well.

ellajohn said...

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Unknown said...

All dis oyinbo pple get so many evil spirit workin in dem..rip to dem all

Anonymous said...

Can't understand....she must be really high with something out of dis world

Teacher said...

I agree about the mind your business part, it's not correct in all situations o! Thank GOD for people who have saved others by 'not minding their business'

Anonymous said...

I'm trying so hard to have a baby...someone somewhere has just killed the two beautiful ones she had. Life isn't fair.

ary said...

I think one of the reasons white women act crazy is that they get married way too young and when the marriages break up, they are stuck with kids when they should be out there partying with the age mates leading to depression! But I sorta blame the parents and authority, someone takes an overdose and recovers and you hand over the kids and not put her on suicide watch?!! they failed epically on that!!! Alternatively, maybe the toddler died by mistake and not willing to live with the pain, killed herself and the other child. SPECULATING

Neks said...

Evil and selfish, why she no kill herself and leave the children alive....oyinbo sef

Baby95 said...

Poor kids,RIP..y on earth will u ever think suicide is a solution.y?????

mummy3 said...

Pity, am sure she was going 2ru some kind of depression or something. RIP

Unknown said...

Nah wah for dis oyinbo people o. After dem go talk say nah depression, thank God I am a Nigerian with nothing in my acct still living and giving thanks to God. May the souls of those innocent children rest in peace.

Unknown said...

Nobody knows what she was going thru, but she shouldn't have taken the lives of those lovely kids.

Unknown said...

this is serious.

Anonymous said...

this is so sad.. While plenty are going places to have just one child some are busy killing d ones they hv, d other day it was a father dat finished his five children. . May God have mercy on us.... betty

Anonymous said...

its well oo

yawanow said...

Terrible

K-REX said...

End time things

Anonymous said...

Wat da hell she should av died alono y draging de poor n innocent kids with her

Anonymous said...

Wat evil spirit. Pls dd u c it kill ha. Coz i ddnt o. She killed ha self n ha kidz oooo. No demon Ws involved. Dis is y Africa will nt move forward. Everytin is witches n wizard.

Anonymous said...

different things r happening grm different angles it high time we tighten our belt cos d end time has come

Anonymous said...

Am wonder why you all tag any incidence of unfortunate events of white people as though such things don't happem with black race . I believe those making such isolating coments feel inferior of being black and only console there deprivation by taging ill fates of other race.

Anonymous said...

Y suicide...dere is always HOPE

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