Sam West sadly recounts younger brother’s suicide

Sam got home to a very somber mood and a crowd gathered around speaking in whispers.

“I get home and the mood is very sad. It’s a grieving mood. Dad looks at me and says in a small whisper.

‘We found him. He is on the other side of the unfinished building. Go see him before the police come’

I walked very fast to the end of the building.

There was an unfinished house adjacent to our house. I walk into the first room. Then the next one. There is a big crowd of people in the other room.”

Sam says although he knew what had happened, he still wished it was a bad dream he would wake up from.

“OMG. This can’t be happening. A lifeless body is dangling in the air with a rope tied around the neck.

The body is facing the other way. The back of the head looks familiar. A green jumper and a checked pair of trousers.

Oh no! I am still praying this is not my brother. I hope it’s a mistaken identity.

I push through the crowds and get to the front of the body. I just can’t believe what I am seeing.

My little brother is lifeless. His tongue was bitten, his eyes swollen and his face looked distressed.

His neck is tightly gripped by the rope.

I looked at my little brother’s lifeless body and hugged him tightly.”