Deceased
Andrew Michael WATSON
Demographics
46y, male
Date of death
2013-05-11
Finding date
2019-07-23
Cause of death
immersion in the Indian Ocean
AI-generated summary
Andrew Michael Watson, a 46-year-old elevator technician, disappeared on 11 May 2013 after leaving a nightclub in Northbridge, Perth. His car was found at a dog beach carpark near the ocean. Notes in his car indicated suicidal intent. An extensive search found no body, but proof-of-life checks confirmed no subsequent contact with any agency or use of financial accounts. The coroner found death established beyond reasonable doubt by suicide via immersion. Watson had struggled with depression following his marriage breakdown in 2006, heavy drinking, and grief over his brother's death in 2009. He had expressed suicidal ideation in 2011 when assessed at Royal Perth Hospital but was not formally diagnosed with a psychiatric condition. Clinical lessons include recognising vulnerability to suicide in patients with relationship breakdown, unresolved grief, alcohol misuse, and expressed suicidal thoughts, even without formal psychiatric diagnosis.
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