The next Monday, she announced her intention to commit suicide to the school personnel. Her stepfather then made arrangements for her to be sent to Medway Maritime.
Hospital in Kent with a high-risk mental health form. She described having suicidal thoughts, self-harming, and a bad mood when she was in the hospital before requesting admittance.
But since she was deemed to be at medium risk, the mental health experts agreed to visit her at home.
She fled barefoot that night after a fight with her parents. Ella informed the police that she didn’t want to return home when they were called.
Police followed up the next morning when her mother arrived while she was still on the call, brought her home, and provided their address to the call taker.
A member of the mental health team came to see her that afternoon when she was at home from school.
