To want to find inquest details?

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I don't know where to put this, but I'll try to he brief.

My brother passed away when I was late teens. I'm now early thirties. He was very young (under 10) he was cared for my by mother, (and alcoholic abuser) I was estranged from them at the time. We were given minimal details, I attended the funeral etc etc and our relationship was strained afterwards, I've not spoken to her for 10 years. He had medical problems, asthma, allergies etc. I assume it was determined natural causes as that's what we were told but I always blamed my mother as he dies from an asthma attack (she was on his way home to get his inhaler at the time, sadly he didn't make it).

I never got told about the inquest, and the details of it have never been shared with me. I always thought that inquest details were public and could be found by anyone? Am I being unreasonable to want to see this information or report? I don't know why but I feel like I must see it and it's been on my mind for years, like a niggle in the back of my mind. I know she kll have the report but I can't ask her for it. We haven't spoken for 10 years. I know exactly where she is but I just don't want to be in touch with her. Sorry for the ramble. I just don't know where to look for this information. I've googled to no avail.

Try contacting the Coroner's court for the area where he died as they may be able to provude you with a copy of the Record of Inquest, the court document with cause of death etc.

Can you get a copy of his death certificate?
It should state the cause of death and i think anyone can get one?

I've searched public records and I can't find anything, and as I said, I can't ask her for it and even if I did, she wouldnt give me it.

He will have had a death certificate. You can order it online

You could try getting in touch with the local registrars office and/or coroners court. I would imagine that even if they can't answer your questions they could tell you the process to get the answers.

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https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office

Order a death certificate.

If you have his full name, date of birth and place he died you can order a death certificate from the website. I think you can also order one that you can download if you don't want an actual paper copy.

You should be able to find it, records are kept, many of them online. You will need to know the area where he died as modern records are stored under the county's archive.

If you can't view it online, I would enquire at your local library. If you don't live in the area where the record is likely to be held, you might need to contact a library in that area, but your library staff might be able to tell you.

Thank so much everyone for your suggestions. I will look into those

You can order his death certificate from the GRO for a fee, about 20 quid i think

Are you sure there was an inquest? This will be indicated on the death certificate, if there was one then you can contact the coroner for the area and see what records are available

I would assume there would have been one? Is there not always an inquest when someone does unexpectedly?

Are you in England? There will have been a public inquest. In Scotland it is different and a public inquiry would be held in few categories of sudden deat. The coroners office will be abld to assist if you are in England

Not necessarily - unexpected deaths are referred to the coroner but they can conclude no inquest is needed if the cause of death is established (with or without a post mortem) and there are no circumstances requiring investigation

Once you have ordered the death certificate from the GRO you will know the cause of death and whether there was an inquest or not

I’m not sure there will have been an inquest. If the cause of death was clear and a doctor was happy to give a certificate then it may just have been that.

Coroner’s Officer here. There will only have been an inquest if his death was deemed to have been due to unnatural causes. However if you contact the coroners office in the jurisdiction he died - they will at least be able to check whether they dealt with the death.

Post Mortem examinations are carried out when the cause of death is unknown - so there may have been an examination but if the cause was a natural one his death will have then been registered with no inquest held.

I think it depends if they've seen a doctor, if they had known health issues and if the coroner thought it was suspicious or unexplained

go to your local library and look on the British newspaper archives for free - search his name

Even if he had an inquest I’m pretty sure the inquest of an under 18 won’t be public record. SCRs are always anonymised

Phone the coroners office if you know the area.

they are beyond helpful.

Can I make a suggestion OP. Given the traumatic circumstances and such a young child, could you get the report from the coroners court but don’t open it. Phone your GP and see if they would be willing to read the report and give you the overview, plus answer any questions you may have.
I had to do this after a sudden death in my family and it made the process of deciphering and understanding the report less awful. My GP was so kind.
I would just ask you to be cautious as sometimes, when you know, you can’t unknow and the ripples of that knowledge and cause decades of hurt if not dealt with in the correct manner.

Ahh. I never thought due to his age that maybe why it's not public.

I have tried this, and the only thing I can find is his obituary.

Oh dear