Tragic Swansea father's death after son killed in hanging shock

A SWANSEA man found dead at his home had been trying to rebuild a relationship with his young son, an inquest heard.

But in a sad turn of events, the youngster had tragically died.

Chris Jorgenson's body was discovered in the living room of his Clos Aneira address, in Fforestfach.

The 46-year-old was discovered with a small bottle of vodka beside him and was also surrounded by drug paraphernalia on August 19, an inquest heard.

It emerged during the hearing at the city's Civic Centre, that Mr Jorgenson had been alcohol and drug dependent for some time.

The situation led to his son Scott being adopted by another family.

But in a police statement, read out by PC Phillip Evans, it emerged that Mr Jorgenson had been making a better effort to get to know his son — only for the youngster to be tragically killed.

"He (Mr Jorgenson) decided to change and wanted to play more of an active role in his son's life," he said.

"However, in a sad turn of events his son accidentally hung himself."

It led his reliance on alcohol to escalate, along with his use of methadone.

At one time Mr Jorgenson was diagnosed with a schizophrenic disorder, leading him to be given support from the Community Health Team.

He was also said to have fallen into trouble with the police in 1994, leading him to spend much of his adult life in prison.

On June 10, 2006, Mr Jorgenson faced further tragedy when he found his partner dead at the flat, where he once lived.

PC Evans reading the statement, added: "He was upset by her death and never got over it."

He went onto say that he had been diagnosed with a clot on the lung, from which he recovered.

"Despite this he became alcohol dependent again," he said.

In the meantime, his mum suffered two strokes — the second of which she did not recover from.

Throughout Mr Jorgenson's life he had help from the drug and alcohol team Swansea Drugs Project (SAND).

He was also given support from social worker Deborah Kidd.

It was Ms Kidd, who called at the 46-year-old's Fforestfach home in August.

But after no reply on both August 17 and 18, she alerted police a day later after she believed she saw Mr Jorgenson lying on the floor after looking through the letterbox — leading her to alert the police.

When the officers entered his home, PC Evans said officers discovered his body and called for an ambulance.

A post mortem examination was carried out but, the cause of Mr Jorgenson's death was unascertained and there was no sign of injury.

Blood tests revealed the presence of opiate diazepine and amitriptyline, along with 100 milligrams of alcohol in his blood — one and a half times the drink-drive limit.

It was understood the toxicity from the drugs was the cause of death.

Swansea coroner Phillip Rogers recorded a verdict of accidental death.

elizabeth.perkins@swwmedia.co.uk