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British teenager Alex Hollinghurst's suspected suicide after Florida shooting comes after note revealing depths of despair | |
(about 17 hours later) | |
A British teenager thought to have killed herself after she or her boyfriend allegedly shot dead a Florida police officer left a note revealing the depths of her despair, police have revealed. | A British teenager thought to have killed herself after she or her boyfriend allegedly shot dead a Florida police officer left a note revealing the depths of her despair, police have revealed. |
Alex Hollinghurst, 17, originally from Manchester, was found dead with boyfriend Brandon Goode, 18, near where Officer Robert German was fatally shot. | Alex Hollinghurst, 17, originally from Manchester, was found dead with boyfriend Brandon Goode, 18, near where Officer Robert German was fatally shot. |
He had called for back-up as he investigated the presence of a suspicious man and woman in a gated community in an affluent suburb of Orlando. | He had called for back-up as he investigated the presence of a suspicious man and woman in a gated community in an affluent suburb of Orlando. |
She left letters for her mother, father and 12-year-old sister. | She left letters for her mother, father and 12-year-old sister. |
The letter to her mother showed the depths of her despair. | The letter to her mother showed the depths of her despair. |
“I could write to you for days, but I know nothing would actually make a difference to you,” she said. | “I could write to you for days, but I know nothing would actually make a difference to you,” she said. |
The letter to her father said she was sorry to disappoint him. “I wish we could rewind. I love you to death but I just couldn't do it anymore. Everyday became harder and harder,” she told him. | The letter to her father said she was sorry to disappoint him. “I wish we could rewind. I love you to death but I just couldn't do it anymore. Everyday became harder and harder,” she told him. |
And she told her sister: “I need you to know that you've always been my favourite, my number one. You're so much younger, but you're a better person than me, you always have been.” | And she told her sister: “I need you to know that you've always been my favourite, my number one. You're so much younger, but you're a better person than me, you always have been.” |
Mr Goode's note to his parents said: “Don't be sad. This is what I want now. I get to die peacefully with the woman I love, the woman of my dreams, my fiancé (yes we're engaged!). | Mr Goode's note to his parents said: “Don't be sad. This is what I want now. I get to die peacefully with the woman I love, the woman of my dreams, my fiancé (yes we're engaged!). |
”I miss you so much already. I love you mom. I love you dad.“ | ”I miss you so much already. I love you mom. I love you dad.“ |
In other notes released by Polk County Sheriff's Office, Mr Goode wrote to Miss Hollinghurst talking about a plan to elope to Panama. ”We could live on the beach, just me and you forever in our small little cozy house,“ he said. | In other notes released by Polk County Sheriff's Office, Mr Goode wrote to Miss Hollinghurst talking about a plan to elope to Panama. ”We could live on the beach, just me and you forever in our small little cozy house,“ he said. |
The notes did not make any reference to the shooting of the police officer. | The notes did not make any reference to the shooting of the police officer. |
A spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office has said the teenagers are possible suspects but have not been ”conclusively linked“ to the murder. | A spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office has said the teenagers are possible suspects but have not been ”conclusively linked“ to the murder. |
Orange County Sheriff's Office has said that the couple ”died of what is believed to be gunshot wounds from apparent suicide“. | Orange County Sheriff's Office has said that the couple ”died of what is believed to be gunshot wounds from apparent suicide“. |
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