EDMONTON – Family members of a young man who committed suicide last week say they have some closure, now that his stolen backpack has been returned.
Jonathan Langille took his own life last week when he jumped in front of an LRT train.
The 19-year-old’s mother and stepfather later learned their son’s backpack had been stolen, after security footage showed a young woman taking the bag on the day of his death.
They say the bag contained their son’s personal journal, and put out a plea for its safe return. And on Tuesday night, the couple received a call from the people who had the bag.
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“They called us last night about 10:30. They said they had the backpack we were looking for and that they wanted to return it to us,” said Langille’s stepfather Shawn Egan.
Egan and Langille’s mother, Jan Thorpe, say they’re relieved to have their son’s journal back, as it’s where he wrote down is personal thoughts.
“It’s been a tough go trying to put it all together,” Egan said Wednesday, adding reading the journal has given his family some answers.
“It means everything. It’s the missing piece of the puzzle,” he added. “Not having that backpack, not having the journal, it was a big chunk. Getting it back meant we can start to grieve properly and put things to rest.”
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) was involved in the case, but a spokesperson with the service says charges will not be laid.
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