Overview

• Area coroner Oliver Longstaff ruled the June 22 death a suicide, with the inquest confirming the cause as hanging.
• Mitchell was reported missing on June 21 after leaving home in his car, with his partner saying he felt overwhelmed with a new baby.
• His father located his Vauxhall near RSPB St Aidan’s Nature Reserve in Leeds, and mountain rescue volunteers found his body beside the River Aire the next day about one kilometre away.
• GP Dr Taimur Mansoor told the hearing Mitchell was prescribed antidepressants in June and that they discussed counselling at what was his first and last mental health appointment.
• Family statements cited recent life changes, financial strain, Taser training responsibilities, and the deaths of two grandparents, and said they had no concerns about the care he received.