Wife's heartbreak as husband takes his own life in Stockport park where he proposed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA grieving wife has spoken of her heartbreak after her husband took his life in the same park he proposed. Craig Murray, who had a long history of mental illness, was found hanged at Etherow Country Park in Stockport.
He had asked his wife Jade to marry him at the beauty spot just 18 months prior. The 41-year-old, from Stockport, had been working as a car salesman at a local car dealership when he was tragically found dead on May 23, 2020. READ MORE:Mental health hospital where patients were 'bullied and abused by staff' Speaking of the imaginable loss after Craig's death, Jade, now 39, said: "It’s more than two years since I lost Craig and it’s still incredibly difficult to come to terms with the fact he’s no longer here. . "We had only been married 18 months when he died.
Craig’s mental illness was putting a strain on our relationship, but I believe that with the correct treatment Craig would have recovered and we would have spent the rest of our lives together.
It devastates me that this won’t happen." Craig had suffered from mental illness since 2013 and in 2019 his health deteriorated again and he developed psychosis and paranoia, as well as delusions and low mood.
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