Michael William Goodchild died for suicide on February 16, 2023.
More than two years later, his research has not yet taken place. It was originally scheduled for March this year, postponed to June, and has now delayed again on August 13, 2025.
Two phones belonging to Michael were police tasks after his death to be downloaded and sent to the Forensic Court, but his mother says that only one was returned, and not until March this year.
The second, which according to his mother contained sentimental videos, photos and messages, was never returned.
She says that an officer told her that the phone had a “system update.”
Mary Osullivan, Michael’s mother, told the news buyer: “That phone had everything. Now it is as if they have erased it. I have never given anything in writing, without clean explanation, without apologies, nothing.
“That phone was his memories. All his photos, everything. That is something I will never return.”
Mary believes that the content of the destroyed telephone was never reviewed or transmitted to the Forensic Court of Southern London, and fears that the loss of this evidence has affected the investigation itself.
She explained: “There were supposed to have downloads from both phones, but I was tolerated that last year, but now they told me that one of them was destroyed.
“I don’t think the coroner has received anything from him. It’s a bone two years.
“Our family only wants some answers and, in any case, it seems that we are still less and less.”
The research, now rescheduled for August, falls the duration of school holidays and has interrupted the plans.
The last delay was due to the fact that the coroner was “double reserved in his diary.” Mary says that the closure is constantly pushing out of reach.
She described being treated without compassion on the night Michael died. While she was in shock out of her floor, she says they placed her in a car and told her to leave the scene.
Mary explained: “I felt that I was underwater. I was in so much shock that I couldn’t hear what they were saying. They threw my brother to take me. There was only one link officer to support me.”
She says there has been no police contact or support since then. When the unique phone was that Vally returned to her, says the process lacked privacy and sensitivity.
She explained: “They with me in a clinic where I had an appointment. They talked to me there in front of other people, before a member or personal headed to a room.
“I was stressing a lot. I could see people looking at me. He handled carefully, felt quickly and insensitive. He was superimposed.”
Mary states that an agent later offered to complete a compensation form in her Walf, but that she meets and made her position clear.
Mary added: “I told them, I don’t want compensation. I want responsibility. That’s what I put in writing.”
Michael was known for his kindness and creativity. Beloved music and had written and recorded a song about mental health before dying. His mother still has a copy of the song.
Hello, I loved DJ and go to the cabin with his brother and friends when they were at the house of the university.
She said: “He was always smiling. He had so much presence. Many people knew him.”
Mary says that the family is desperately struggling with her mental health and the pressure of continuous delays and the lack of closure.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “Our thoughts remain with Michael’s family and friends.
“We understand that they are rightly upset and frustrated by the service they backed away from us in an incredible distressing moment and have apologized directly to them.
“We will completely support research to understand more and learn any lesson.”
News Shopper has contacted the court in southern London, but has not received an answer.
Concerns about police cooperation with forensics are not isolated.
Last week, the Metropolitan Police was publicly criticized by the Forensic Graeme Irvine on similar failures in the case of Anna Bellamy, 23, who was found dead in her floor in Upminster in October 2023.
At a hearing on April 11, two officers were ordered to attend the Forensic Court of Eastern London after not examining their electronic devices, despite a direct court order.
Irvine warned that future failures could lead to contempt to judicial procedures and even imprisonment for officers who disobey the instructions.
He said that the standards of evidence in the Con had “collapsed” in the last two years and described the situation as “the drop that filled the camel’s back.”
He told court: “I have not seen much magic in the last two years, to be brutally honest. It is not good enough.”
