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To want to find inquest details?

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Sellingsunsets · 16/01/2026 18:37

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.

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SunsetandCupcakes · 17/01/2026 08:27

PlutarchHeavensbee · 16/01/2026 21:08

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.

But this would have been unnatural, there would have been a post mortem to identify what caused it and an inquest.

My son died of something similar, and there was an inquest but only the professionals had to attend and there is no record online of it happening (I have just had a good Google to see what I can find online about it and there is nothing)
It also doesn't mention on his death certificate that there was an inquest, but I know as I have a letter.

If it was after April 2008 there will also be a child death review (I assume from the dates it is around this time) the police would also likely have been involved if it didn't happen in a medical setting.

I'm sorry for your loss. I understand why you want to know.

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