A 'gifted' gardener, 35, took his own life after telling his friends he 'couldn't live without' his girlfriend - a mum-of-three who had been found dead just three days earlier.
The young man from Blackpool had been left devastated by the death of his partner, whose death is also believed to be a suicide.
Craig Daffery was reported missing to police on Friday January 14 after he had last been seen in the Paddock Close area of Thornton-Cleveleys at 2.30pm.
Officers issued a picture of his red Mazda car as concerns for his welfare grew but his body was found in the Catforth area of Preston two days later on Sunday, January 16.
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