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Rod Minchin

Teenager killed in care home said ‘social services destroyed my life’ – inquest

An inquest was resuming into the death of Melissa Mathieson, who was murdered more than 10 years ago by a fellow resident (Avon and Somerset Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A teenager who was murdered by a fellow care home resident who was fascinated by necrophilia had written a letter before her death detailing how “social services had destroyed my life”, an inquest heard.

Melissa Mathieson, 18, was strangled by Jason Conroy at Alexandra House, which provided residential care for adults with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, in Bristol, in October 2014.

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