Cadi Sue Mair Parry, 19, died in hospital after being found unresponsive following a night out on Halloween when she had become upset, an inquest heard
A “cherished” teenager tragically died days after being found unresponsive after a Halloween night out.
Cadi Sue Mair Parry, 19, was a “friendly and kind person who touched the souls of everyone she met”, her mum told an inquest into her death. She died in hospital after being found unresponsive in Bangor, north Wales.
Her mum Heidi Parry said Cadi, from Menai Bridge, was admired by everybody she knew and worked as a housekeeper at Henllys Hall in Beaumaris. She also had a “strong appreciation of fashion and beauty” and had been looking forward to going to Dubai to watch her brother Luke at a boxing event.
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The inquest heard Cadi had become upset on the night out after being approached by a girl who said she had been with Cadi’s partner the week before. Ms Parry said: “Everyone knew their relationship was toxic. I hadn’t realised how deeply it affected Cadi.”
In another statement Darren Evans-Tomlinson told how Cadi was his son’s girlfriend and Cadi had gone out that night with his daughter Jessica into Bangor. His son Evan had been in Liverpool that night, the inquest heard, reports NorthWalesLive.
Mr Evans-Tomlinson said he got a call asking him to give Cadi a lift back to his family’s home and he found her crying while saying “why has he done this to me” and “I’m good to him”. In his statement, Mr Evans-Tomlinson said he got Cadi home and texted his daughter who hadn’t known Cadi had been brought back.
Mr Evans-Tomlinson said he and his wife Jenny tried to calm Cadi down while he went out again at 3.30am to collect his daughter and “did think of taking her (Cadi) with him for fresh air” – but as she was calm he left her at his home while he made the journey totalling “eight minutes”.
Later his wife went upstairs to check on Cadi and found her unresponsive and Mr Evans-Tomlinson phoned 999 while CPR was carried out. Paramedic Matthew Price said in a statement it had been six minutes between the 999 call and the ambulance arriving at the house at 4.12am on November 1.
After treatment at the scene Cadi was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, arriving at 4.54am. Dr Emyr Hughes, a consultant anaesthetist, said Cadi had a significant brain injury.
Her condition deteriorated on November 4 and “the decision was made to withdraw life support treatment and to focus on comfort,” he said. Sadly Cadi died with the death confirmed at 3.41pm on November 4.
A pathologist Dr Mark Atkinson conducted a post mortem examination and found Cadi had an alcohol reading which was the equivalent of being below the limit for drink driving.
Sarah Riley, assistant coroner for north-west Wales, gave the medical cause of death as hypoxic brain injury due to self-suspension, at the inquest held in Caernarfon. She said: “She had received some bad news relating to her boyfriend. The relationship had been difficult. She was visibly upset.” The inquest had heard there was evidence of cocaine use but that it had not been used recently.
Ms Riley added: “Her judgement may have been impaired by alcohol and cocaine (but) I don’t have evidence to support her intention to end her life. I therefore conclude that the death was an unintended consequence of a deliberate act.” Concluding the death was misadventure, she added: “She did it to herself but she did not want to die as a result of what she was doing.”
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