Woman Kills Self After Split From Boyfriend

 

A mum hanged herself following a Face Time call to her ex-partner just hours after her daughter stopped her from taking her life, an inquest has heard.

Tragic Jordana Carr committed suicide the day after breaking up with her boyfriend in November 2015.

Miss Carr, who worked as a special needs teacher for Kent County Council, was described as a sweet, kind, sensitive and funny woman.

 

At an inquest into her death held at Gravesend Old Town Hall yesterday, north west Kent coroner Roger Hatch recorded a verdict of suicide.

 

The inquest heard during a phone call she told her ex-partner: “I don’t want you to see me I just wanted to say goodbye.”

 

He had problems hearing her during the call, so turned on the Face Time to chat, where he could see she had a noose around her neck so hung up and called the police.

The inquest also heard that on the day of Jordana’s death, her daughter found her trying to take her own life, and stopped her But then the 17-year-old went upstairs and came back down to find her mother hanging in the garage.

DS Richard Pringle said that in the days before her suicide Jordana posted a quote from Toy Story on social media, it read: “Do you ever feel like a broken toy no-one wants to play with.”

 

She also posted a message on Facebook saying she was feeling heartbroken.

DS Pringle said she had previously attempted suicide in 2001.

 

The inquest heard how Jordana had suffered a history of mental health issues after her mother, Maria Colaco, was brutally murdered by her lover on New Year’s Day, 2010.

Andrew Gaffney was jailed for life for the murder in June 2010 and the court heard how his sickening attack on Miss Colaco left her with injuries similar to those of a road crash victim.

 

In a victim impact statement following the murder by Jordana was read out during the court case into the mum’s death.

In it she expressed desperation in trying to come to terms with her mother’s murder and said it caused enormous pain for the family.

 

She described suffering nightmares about the attack.

 

After her death, many family and friends paid tribute to the tragic woman.

Barbara Wallace, Headteacher of the Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision where Jordana worked, said she loved her family “deeply”.

She said:”Jordana was a beautiful person who was respected by all and who made a difference to our lives.