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Man, 24, took own life after posting live video - with body not found for weeks

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A young man took his own life after streaming a Facebook Live video from a bridge and telling viewers he was going to jump off, an inquest heard.

Alex Johnson's body was found two weeks after he plunged from a bridge in Newcastle in the early hours of April 16, 2019. After his body was recovered from the River Tyne on May 1, the 24-year-old had ketamine and alcohol in his system, along with traces of three prescribed drugs for depression and anxiety, the inquest heard.

Mr Johnson, of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, was just six-years-old when his 38-year-old dad Steven died of a rare form of cancer, and he had struggled to come to terms with that loss as he grew older, ChronicleLive reports.

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