U.K. coroner Leslie Hamilton confirmed that experienced skydiver Jade Damarell deliberately jumped to her death in April.
On April 27, Damarell passed away during a skydive in County Durham, England. Authorities believed that her death was a deliberate act to end her own life. They noted her death was "not being treated as suspicious."
The expert skydiver, who left a suicide note, died immediately upon impact after falling from 15,500 feet into a field in Shotton Colliery, County Durham.
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A report from The Daily Mail published in late May revealed that Damarell's boyfriend and fellow skydiver, Ben Goodfellow, broke up with her the night before her death. They both met through their shared interest in skydiving and dated for roughly eight months.
At an inquest at Crook Civic Centre in County Durham on August 21, Hamilton concluded that Damarell intended to take her own life.
The coroner summarized a note from Goodfellow, which read that "he had ended their relationship the night before," The Guardian reported.
The inquest heard that Damarell completed over 500 jumps, including six on the day before her death.
On her final jump, however, the inquest was told that she intentionally did not deploy her main parachute, which is usually opened at approximately 5,000 feet. She had also turned off a device made to automatically deploy a parachute at a particular speed or altitude if a skydiver is unable to do so. The parachute and device were found to be working perfectly well.
The inquest heard that Damarell usually wore a camera to capture her dives, but had not been wearing one on the day she fell to her death.
Hamilton determined that Damarell was trying to end her own life.
The inquest also discovered that Detective Inspector Andrew Stephenson of Durham police, who was at the scene, found that Damarell left instructions on her phone's lock screen about how to access it following her death.
Stephenson's report mentioned that notes addressed to her family were found on the handset, which featured her "apologizing and thanking them for their support," as well as details of her finances.
Speaking after the inquest, Damarell's family accepted the coroner's findings and thanked the skydiving community for its support.
They said they were "incredibly comforted by how admired, respected and deeply loved" their daughter was.
They described her as "brilliant, beautiful, brave and truly extraordinary."
The family also said they wanted to speak "openly and without shame" about her death to "contribute to a culture where mental ill-health is met with kindness and support, and where people in deep distress, and those around them, feel seen, believed and able to reach for support without fear of judgment."
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