A MAN killed himself in his car, a coroner has ruled.
Samuel Wehmeyer, 22, took his own life at a business park.
At an inquest yesterday coroner’s officer David Dinnell told the court Mr Wehmeyer, who was born in Colchester and lived in Sudbury, had just started a new job the day before he was found by a dog walker on November 29.
He said: “He had no record of health issues and was not known by mental health services.
“On November 29 he was found slumped in the driving seat of a car.”
Police were notified and found the windows had been sealed and the car had filled with a poisonous gas.
There was also a bottle of Jack Daniels and a packet of Nurofen in the vehicle.
The car was parked at the Deans Hall Business Park in Little Maplestead.
A post mortem examination, carried out at Broomfield Hospital, and supported by a toxicology report gave the cause of death as carbon monoxide toxicity.
Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray said: “I have come to the very sad conclusion this gentleman intended to take his own life.”
She accepted he did not leave a note but stated his actions were clearly deliberate and planned.
She said: “This gentleman formed the intention and took a deliberate action knowing it would result in his death."
His family chose not to attend or to submit any family statement during the inquest at the coroner’s court.
- The Samaritans can be called, free of charge, on 116 123
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