‘Reporting or other evidence’ ? Contradiction in terms. Reporting is reporting, not evidence, evidence is evidence.
You have no evidence either way but maybe the (factual) report of the inquest by the Bournemouth Echo might help.
The hearing was told that Mrs Newton’s family had a history of the inherited brain disorder Huntingdon’s disease which had claimed the lives of her sister, Patricia, and father.
Her brother, Christopher Wadman, said in a statement read to the inquest that his sister, who had worked as a hotel conference secretary, had shown deteriorating symptoms when the couple visited for Christmas.
He said these included signs of jerky movements known as chorea, weight loss, slurred speech and irritability.
Mr Wadman said: “During this period of time where Heather’s Huntingdon’s had developed, Michael has been brilliant to her with his support and helping her get through it.
“Heather’s condition had worsened more than any of us had actually realised and it was a shock. She had always been in denial about it.”
His cousin, Dr Simon Wadman, said that he had called Mr Newton to offer his support on Boxing Day after the couple had returned home early.
He said that Mr Newton had told him that the “last three or four weeks had been very difficult and Heather had been very emotionally unstable and irritable, he felt like he had been walking on egg shells, Heather was in denial about her condition which made it difficult to manage.”
Detective Inspector Ian Allen, of Dorset Police, said that a note in Mr Newton’s handwriting was found at the house, adding: “It gives rise to the hypothesis that Michael was struggling with Heather’s condition.”
“It seems the symptoms of Huntingdon’s disease became more pronounced in the weeks leading up to Christmas with friends noting Mrs Newton becoming agitated and confused and when this was raised with Mr Newton he admitted he was struggling to cope with these new symptoms.”
Damn, I said I was out of here and only came back to acknowledge people who had been supportive, not people who think they can get and draw conclusions from a report in a news rag.