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Friday, June 30, 2006
Tragic Double Death in Tenerife
Earlier this month, local media carried the tragic story of a mother and son who had both been found dead in their home in the town of Los Silos, north Tenerife.
The son was found, having hanged himself from the rafters, at the foot of his mother's bed. It was initially thought that he had taken his own life after she died, being unable to face life without her. Results of the autopsy, now reveal that the son had ended his mother's life by asphyxiation, before taking his own.
The mother, María Esther Luis Alegría (75) had been bedridden for around five years, after undergoing a kidney transplant that was rejected. She had been attended day and night by her son, Sergio Hernández Luis (44), who was, himself, partially disabled. The two, María Esther appearing as if sleeping soundly, had been found by a neighbour who had called every morning to fetch prescriptions.
Such excess of dedication to a sick relative, so often on the part of a son or daughter, whose own lives, work and future are placed on indefinite hold while they become absorbed in the sickness around them, ends up creating two patients, as appears to have been the case with Sergio Hernández Luis.
El joven hallado muerto en Los Silos supuestamente mató antes a su madre
