A 15-year-old boy was tragically found dead in his bedroom after he didn't go downstairs for his tea, an inquest heard.
Dixon Strachan was sadly found dead by his brother at the family home in Calder Vale, Lancs, on February 10, 2019, Lancs Live reports.
The schoolboy had shown 'no signs' of depression before he died, an inquest was told.
The first inquest into Dixon's death was held in 2019, with the coroner unable to return a conclusion of suicide after hearing the police had found no evidence he was considering taking his own life on his mobile phone.
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However, just two months after the inquest Dixon's brother found messages on Instagram which 'clearly demonstrated' he was suicidal.
Following an application to the High Court, Area Coroner Richard Taylor was granted permission to hold a new hearing.
Dixon's mum Gemma Wall has now urged young people to seek help with their mental health after saying the pain of losing her child was 'truly horrific'.
At Preston Coroners Court yesterday (November 30), Mr Taylor told Miss Wall: "It took a long time to get the High Court to agree the inquest should be re-heard.
"You told me that Dixon had been called down for his evening meal and he hadn't come.
"One of his brothers went upstairs and found him. You told me he had migraines and on the Wednesday he came home from school not being well.
"You told me he enjoyed school and he would get up early most mornings. You told me that he had never given any indication of any depressive feelings.
"You thought it wasn't suicide and possibly was an accident and I agreed with you and gave a narrative conclusion.
"While he had put something round his neck we didn't know what his intentions were at that time. It was then your son Zak, on August 9 in 2019, found some messages on Instagram."
Miss Wall told the coroner she had not looked at the messages herself but her son said they went from November 2018 to three days before his death; the last on February 7, and clearly demonstrated he was suicidal.
Dixon's mum asked the coroner to find out why Lancashire Constabulary had not discovered the messages when they examined his phone.
"The police officer, Detective Sergeant Simon Balderstone, has retired and the answer from the police is that they use their own software to examine the phone which they have to be very careful with in case they destroy anything on the phone", the coroner said.
"They say they can never be expected to find absolutely everything although it seemed very easy for your son to find what was there."
The inquest heard the medical cause of Dixon's death was multiple organ failure, hypoxic brain injury and suspension by ligature.
On the day the Garstang Academy pupil was found dead, he had been playing with his brother Archie, 'throwing cushions at each other'.
His mum said there was 'nothing unusual at all' about Dixon's demeanour.
"You said 'I never thought he would do anything like this, he never ever mentioned anything about suicide or being depressed, I was with him almost every day of his life and would have expected to have seen something'," Mr Taylor said.
Returning a conclusion of suicide the coroner said: "After hearing the evidence at the first inquest I didn't think we could have come to a different conclusion but the evidence we have now, obtained nearly two months after the inquest, clearly demonstrates suicidal thoughts in the messages on Instagram."
After the inquest, Miss Wall told LancsLive she had been frustrated at the police's inability to find the Instagram messages and urged other young people struggling with mental health issues to contact Papyrus, a charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35) in the UK by calling 0800 068 4141.
In a Facebook post at the time of Dixon's death Miss Wall, a former teaching assistant, said: ''Everything has changed, yet nothing has changed. We go on as before but with a sadness, a heaviness that won't go away.
"We laugh still and we cry too. The house is quieter, someone important is missing and we will never get him back.
"The pain of losing your child is truly horrific.''
Alasdair Ashcroft, the then principal of Garstang Academy, said after Dixon's death: "We are greatly saddened by this piece of news, and our thoughts and condolences are with the student’s family and friends at this difficult time.
"During this time, as our school community processes the tragic news and copes with grief, we will offer counselling and bereavement support services to all our students and staff."
