Ben Meah was just 20 years old when he died
Ben Meah, 20, was found dead in a wooded area near his childhood home at around 10am on March 24. Ben was found by his father, Glen Meah, who had joined the search for his son and traced the last known location of his phone using an app.
"He seemed to be very low a lot of the time, but then he wouldn't talk to anybody. He said he was fine, but you could clearly tell that he wasn't fine. Little things like tidying his room, going out of the house, going on a walk - he didn't want to do any of it. Ben's mental health continued to deteriorate, leading to the break-up of his relationship on March 5. Miss Kelly said they continued to speak to each other every day, and that they hoped to rekindle their relationship once Ben's condition improved. However, two weeks before his death, he phoned her late at night sounding "very drunk". She went to his mum's house on Spark Lane, Runcorn, the following morning and found him in a terrible condition.
On March 23, Miss Kelly, exchanged text messages with Ben throughout the day while attending college lessons. She said: "He was up and down all day. I kept asking how he was. He was fine one minute and the next minute he wasn't OK. He'd say stuff like 'I don't want to be here any more'. But he'd said that so many times.
At around 10.30pm, after failing to get back in touch with Ben, Miss Kelly became concerned and went out with her friend to look for him. She then reported him missing to police, and a mass search began.
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