Tragic dad found dead in woods after 'developing lockdown depression'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

father-of-five who suffered from depression during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020 phoned round his children 'to say goodbye' just days before hanging himself in the woods, an inquest has heard.

The assistant coroner overseeing the case heard that it took a total of two weeks for 56-year-old James Duncan Spary's body to be found in the woods.

According to Manchester Evening News, James went missing from his home in Little Hulton, Salford, on June 16 2020, but it was not until June 27 that a hunt using police dogs to locate the deceased uncovered his body in the dense woodland nearby his home.

James's daughter Beth, 22, told the hearing she had informed the police of where her father might be when she reported him missing on June 16, as it.