after this student took his own life, the mother revealed his final google search
Channel: Fitness Freaks
Date: 2018-11-21

n December 2017, all alone in his room in Reykjavik, Iceland, Connel Arthur logged onto his computer and pulled up Google’s search engine. Little did anyone else know, though, that this would be the last time that the young man would seek out information online. 

That’s because, within the next couple of days, Connel would be dead, and his family would be left to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of his suicide. While looking for answers of their own, though, his loved ones inspected Connel’s computer and found something heartbreaking within his final Google searches. 

And perhaps Connel’s death came as a shock because, as his mother Nathalie would reveal, the spirited 21-year-old loved life. In January 2018 she said to the Daily Record, “[Connel] never came home because he was just always too busy doing stuff, away with his friends.” 

Connel had also been a chemistry student at the University of Glasgow, although he had made plenty of time to pursue his hobbies alongside his degree. He joined on-campus societies for wakeboarders, snowboarders and surfers, for example, and often jetted to foreign countries without notice to be outdoors – much to his mother’s chagrin. 

But Connel apparently had a softer side, too. Indeed, his mom would later describe him as “the most empathetic child you could ever meet.” And Nathalie also revealed, “[Connel] would always go and ask the girl who never got picked to dance. And he’s got a cousin with cerebral palsy and was always the one to look after him.” Meanwhile, Connel’s independent streak may have enabled him to flourish in Reykjavik, where he spent a year as part of his studies. 

And, apparently, he was doing well in Iceland, picking up a job in a bar and going on to develop a wide circle of friends there. The 21-year-old also “enjoyed the dissertation he was writing and was thrilled to [have] his first academic paper published,” his mom would write on a GoFundMe page. But, according to Connel’s mother, her son had one thing on his mind that may have caused him to worry: namely, that he was having trouble finding a place to live in Reykjavik. 

Nathalie would go on to tell the Daily Record, “I think becoming homeless was a massive concern to him.” Furthermore, in the days leading up to Connel’s suicide, his mom, who lives in Scotland, reportedly sensed that something was amiss with her son. Nathalie later revealed, “I had a funny inkling that something wasn’t right. So, I’d messaged him a couple of times that week asking if he was okay. 

And he said he was fine.” Furthermore, according to Nathalie, Connel never exhibited any outward signs of mental health woes. “He didn’t suffer from depression as far as we were concerned or aware,” she later said. So, when news of her son’s death reached her, it came as a complete shock. 

Connel had chosen to end his life on December 19, 2017, a day on which he had spent time alone in his room watching random YouTube videos on his computer. At around 5:30 p.m. that evening, though, he sent a message to his girlfriend, in which he eerily bid her farewell. 

And as Connel’s girlfriend was concerned by what she had read, she subsequently tracked the location of his phone and discovered that he was in his Reykjavik room. But while she also sought help to make sure that Connel was okay, by 8:00 p.m., when a friend found him, it was too late. 

************************************************************** ►Image credits: Facebook/Connel Arthur https://goo.gl/G5fe45