The family of a student who took his own life less than a year after his sister’s suicide say “he couldn't bear to be without her”.
Dyllon Beadle, 21, was found dead at his home in Manchester earlier this month, this family say.
His tragic death comes just two months before the anniversary of his younger sister Quinn's suicide.
Their devastated mum Tracey told The Mirror : “Our beautiful son Dyllon decided that this world was just too cruel for him.
“He took the awful decision to take his own life just as his little sister Quinn did in December.
“He was haunted by her death and couldn't live without her. They are together again and that is some comfort.
“I think I always knew Dyllon would do this because I knew he couldn't bear to be without her, but I hoped he could have held on a bit longer.
“This world is a darker place without them. Our hearts are broken.”
Quinn was just 17 when she hung herself at the end of her street on December 9, 2018.
The following morning, her family laid flowers at the tree where Quinn was found.
Within hours the wasteland area had been transformed with floral tributes.
The family later set up Quinn's Garden at the spot - which is used as a place of reflection and sanctuary for anybody who needs it.
Tracey, 39, previously told The Mirror that the family had didn’t want the tree to be “this awful place that we didn't want to look at again.”
She added: “We wanted to reclaim the tree and make it something beautiful. A space that everyone can use that can provide a sanctuary for people.”
Dyllon returned to Manchester from his home in County Durham after his sister’s death.
He had taken a year out from university and was working in a cocktail bar, which his family say he loved.
Tracey, 39, said Dyllon took a branch from the tree with him to Manchester as he “felt some kind of connection to it”.
He sent text messages to his mum and dad, David, daily and they often visited him in Manchester.
Tracey and Davis recently set up the charity, Quinn's Retreat, to provide respite to families who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Dyllon was a leading force in setting up the charity, and a proud trustee.
He returned home to Shildon just two weeks before his death for a fundraising event for the charity.
“We had such a good night,” said Tracey.
“He was up on the stage dancing. He was buying everyone Jagerbombs. He even got his gran to have three Jagerbombs.
“He was on top form, he really was. There were no obvious signs. He was as normal as could be expected, given what he was going through.”
The night before his death Dyllon was dancing around the front room with his housemates, Tracey says.
When they went to bed, he sent a message to his mum asking her to post a copy of Watership Down so he could read it again.
“I didn't see the text because I was asleep and so replied the next morning but he was already dead by then,” Tracey says.
Dyllon was found the following morning lying outside his shared house. A housemate called an ambulance but the student was already dead, Tracey says.
Recalling the moment she received the heartbreaking news, Tracey said she knew something was wrong as soon as she saw her husband.
“He was so distressed I just knew,” she says. “He just said ‘it’s Dyllon’ and we held each other.
“We need to do something to stop this happening to other families.”
David and Tracey plan to scatter their children’s ashes together after Dyllon’s Humanist funeral, which is expected to take place next month.
The couple now plan to rename the charity to Quinn and Dyllon’s Retreat.
Tracey has described her son as “fiercely intelligent” and kind.
“He was so kind and worried about everything and everyone,” she says.
“Dyllon was a very unique person,” she adds.
“He was a bit of Goth and his funeral will reflect that.
“It’s the way he would have wanted it. We’re going to have some little Pop Art badges made with his face on for people to take home.”
