Mother kills herself during FaceTime video call with ex-boyfriend

Special needs teacher had a history of mental illness and struggled to come to terms with mother’s brutal murder, inquiry told

Jordana Carr was unresponsive when she was found by her 17-year-old daughter (Getty)

A mother of four killed herself while talking to her ex-boyfriend during an online video chat a day after they broke up on FaceTime

Jordana Carr, 35, was found hanged in the garage of her home on October 29 by her 17-year-old daughter and was later pronounced dead, Kent Online reported.

According to the website, Simon McDowell, the ex-partner with whom she had broken up the previous day, took a call from Miss Carr in which she told him: “I don’t want you to see me, I just wanted to say goodbye”.

Mr McDowell switched the call to the video chat app FaceTime, as he was having difficulties hearing what she was saying, and saw a noose around her neck.

He hung up and immediately informed the police.

Miss Carr, who lived in Maidestone Road, Platt, was said to have had a history of mental illness and had attempted to end her life in 2001.

An inquest heard that on the day of her death, Mrs Carr’s daughter had earlier found the special needs teacher attempting to take her own life and stopped her.

However, the teenager went upstairs and later returned to find her mother hanged in the garage, Kent Online said.

Detective Sergeant Richard Pringle apparently told the inquest, at Gravesend Old Town Hall, Miss Carr had posted a Toy Story quote on social media, which said: “Do you ever feel like a broken toy no one wants to play with.”

He said she had also posted a message saying she was “heartbroken” on Facebook.

The court heard Miss Carr, who worked for Kent City Council, had struggled to come to terms with the death of her mother on New Years Day 2010 following a brutal attack by her lover the previous night.

Andrew Gaffney was jailed for life for the murder of Maria Calaco, 50, who the court heard sustained injuries comparable to those of a car crash victim.

A victim statement from Miss Carr was read out during the inquest, in which she described suffering nightmares about the attack and said the murder had caused enormous pain for the family.