Name: Mark Owen Young.
Died: September 17, 2001.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Fall/drowning.
Location: Consett, England, UK.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Mark was given an overdose of medication by his mother; then she slashed both their wrists, went to a nearby bridge, pushed Mark off, and jumped off after him.
When Mark was five years old, he hated bubbles on the surface of the water in the toilet, and he watched a “Fireman Sam” video repeatedly–but only on rewind.
Case status:
Helen Rogan (Mother), deceased.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Mark Owen Young
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