'Tragedy' of double suicide leap
13 April 2012
Two "bright, caring" teenage girls who committed suicide by throwing themselves 120ft from the 11th floor of a block of flats left text messages to their families revealing their pain, an inquest heard today.
Lisa Utton, 18, of Rochford, Essex, and Danielle Waddington, 16, of Southend, Essex, were found at the foot of a tower block in Southend in the early hours of November 16.
They had walked out of a hospital accident and emergency department 70 minutes earlier.
Recording a verdict of suicide, Southend coroner Peter Dean said it was a "double tragedy".
