SAD: Teenager And His Girlfriend Commit Suicide By Jumping In Front Of Moving Train

The father of a teenage boy who died after stepping in front of a
high-speed train with his girlfriend in an apparent suicide pact has
spoken of his grief.
Mert Karaoglan, 18, and his close friend Charleigh Disbrey,15, were
found dead 200 yards from a busy commuter station in Hertfordshire.
The A-level student's father, Sakru, 48, said his son had told him he
was 'going out forone or two hours' on Monday evening but he never
returned.
Mert and talented musician Charleigh – known as CJ – were under the
arches of a brick footbridge in Borehamwood when they were hit by a
locomotive travelling at more than 90mph.
Investigators later found two notes on the body of Mert and a single
note on Charleigh, a talented musicianwho said she 'would give
anything to be famous'.
Sakru told The Sun: 'We told him not to be out late. We were waiting
and waiting. Then the police came round to see us at nine this
morning.I can't stop crying.'
He added: 'He was a happy person – everything seemed okay.'
Mert's parents Hatice, 52, and Sakru are believed to originate from Turkey,
The deaths of Mert and Charleigh are not being treated as suspicious.
The pair attended Hertswood Academy,where Mert was in Year 13 and
Charleigh in Year 10.
Charleigh' had auditioned for the television shows Britain's Got
Talent and Must Be The Music.
The GCSE pupil had posted videos of herself on YouTube playing an
acoustic guitar andhad written on her website that she wanted to
become a musician 'to be remembered'.
Just days before her death shehad uploaded a haunting rendition of
herself singing the David Guetta hit song Titanium.
Friends said the pair, who attended Hertswood Academy in Borehamwood,
were in a relationship.
They were struck at about 9pm on Monday by a London First Capital
Connect service just outside Elstree and Borehamwood station. No
passengers were on board.
A Network Rail source said: 'They stepped out together onto the track.
Three notes were found on their bodies.'
Their school's headteacher, Peter Gillett, said yesterday: 'As a close
community, obviously we are devastated by this tragedy. Both students
were talented, hard-working and well-respected members of our academy.
'Our thoughts are with their families at this most difficult time. We
are supporting our students and staff in coping with this terrible
loss.'
Floral tributes to the teenagers and cards were left outside the school's gates.
One card read: 'To Mert, thinking of you always, bless your soul and
may you rest inpeace friend.' Another read: 'Sleep tight angel. RIP CJ
and Mert, never forgotten.'
Friends of the pair took to social media to express their shock and grief.
One girl said: 'R.I.P Cj and Mert such wonderful and talented people,
you will be truly missed xxxxx.'
Another wrote: 'Situations likethis just do not make sense, RIP Mert and CJ.'
BTP is continuing its investigations into the incident.
Superintendent Phil Wilkinsonsaid yesterday: 'Although my officers are
continuing their investigations as part of our work to prepare a file
for the local coroner, there are not thought to be any suspicious
circumstances and no one elseis believed to have been involved.
'Colleagues from HertfordshireConstabulary are also in a local
secondary school to provide comfort and support to students and staff
at this very difficult time.'