A College of York pupil took his personal life after convincing himself he had incurable most cancers, however he was discovered to have been completely wholesome, an inquest has heard.

Charles Henry Johnson, 18, declined gives to socialize along with his new housemates a day or two after he began his first yr, telling them he was nonetheless unpacking.

However when his father contacted the college, anxious he had not heard from his pupil son, the pc science pupil was discovered suffocated in his room along with his luggage nonetheless full.

In notes present in his room, the Pc Science pupil mentioned he had began to really feel unwell about two years earlier than, and believed he had stage 4 bowel most cancers that had unfold to his chest and mind.

Charles had self-diagnosed his situation, saying that it ‘wasn’t survivable’, York Combine reported.

However a autopsy discovered that his organs have been utterly wholesome and his mind was regular, with no traces of most cancers.

Alison Norton, the assistant coroner for York and North Yorkshire, advised the inquest {the teenager}’s notes and weblog entries ‘indicated that he had decided to take his personal life, moderately than endure with an sickness that he believed that he had’.

Charles was mentioned to be ‘blissful to start out college’ after ending college with As in maths, physics, and pc science. He had plans to change into a pc engineer.

‘He was a wonderful pupil, very clever, he knew the whole lot about expertise,’ his father James’ assertion to the inquest mentioned, The York Press reported.

Charles had beforehand been referred to the native psychological well being help providers in his hometown in September 2021, who had suggested him to scale back the period of time he spent on-line.

And only a month later, his father had advised the surgical procedure his son was feeling ‘significantly better’, with the surgical procedure not seeing him relating to his psychological well being once more.

When Mr Johnson contacted the college on September 20, anxious he had not heard from his son, two security officers have been despatched to his room at 11am.

After not getting a response they gained entry and located Charles mendacity on his mattress at Philip Brockbank Court docket, Langwith School, showing to be lifeless and chilly.

He was declared lifeless at 11.51 am, with officers discovering that it was not suspicious and there have been no seen accidents.

His door and window have been locked and there was no alcohol, medication or prescription medicine close by, whereas the reason for demise was suffocation.

His physique had elevated ketone ranges which can have been brought on by fasting and will have sparked psychological well being points earlier than his demise, however a pathologist couldn’t rule out whether or not it did or how a lot it could have affected him. 

A College of York spokesperson mentioned: ‘We have been deeply saddened by the demise of Charles and our ideas are along with his household and pals. 

‘Since we shared the very unhappy information with our workers and college students, we proceed to encourage anybody who’s struggling to contact us for additional recommendation and help.’