Bridgend Suicides
Bridgend Suicides
Between 2007 and 2009 in Bridgend, a borough of South Wales, at least 25 people—mostly teenagers—committed suicide. Death loomed in the community, and each suicide set off another like a domino effect. One by one friends and classmates ended their lives, and all but one were done by hanging. As the death toll grew at an alarming rate, families started to panic. Was an Internet cult brainwashing their children to end their lives, or was there something evil in the water?
The suicides gained media attention with the death of local teen Dale Crole. The 18-year-old’s lifeless body was discovered in an abandoned warehouse on January 5, 2007, three months after he mysteriously disappeared on the way to visit his friend, David Dilling.
Crole, described as a happy-go-lucky teen, was found hanging. The strange circumstances surrounding his death—and the amount of time he was missing—prompted some to question foul play. His body was badly decomposed when police discovered him, and they couldn’t conclude his exact cause of death. However, upon examination of the body they determined his death was consistent with hanging. Crole had killed himself.
Just six weeks later, Dilling—the friend Crole was set to see that day—killed himself too. The 19-year-old walked out behind a local church and hung himself from a tree. Family expressed that Dilling was devastated by the loss of his best friend, but he showed no signs that he was going to commit suicide too
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