Elton Rhaburn Found Lifeless Near BelChina Bridge  

On Saturday morning, the lifeless body of thirty-three-year-old Elton Rhaburn was found under the BelChina Bridge. What led to his death? We spoke with his mother off-camera. She shared that on Friday, Rhaburn had been complaining of neck pain and fainted twice. He was rushed to the hospital that evening after falling off his verandah due to the same pain. However, he discharged himself against his mother’s advice and walked home. The next morning, the Yorke Street resident was found dead in Haulover Creek. His mother believes the hospital could have done more to help her son.

 

Voice of: Mother of Deceased

“He said mommy I have to go, I need to go, I cant stay. I tell them you hear what he saying, please strap him down. They pay me no mind to strap him. He got up and took the drips off and he is walking out. I got up the morning and went to the bathroom and from my bathroom I could see the door. So I saw it the same way, a little half tilt and thought he was in there. I used the bathroom and went back and laydown and then I get up and come outside and saw my brother. I asked him did you hear what happened to Elton. He said, Elton is not in there, he came out. My son step out of that house and was still in that head pain, because when that police officer finally called me a couple hours after we were looking for him and we could not have found Elton. I was so devastated. I know my son got an aneurism, because his face was bloody, blood coming out of his eyes, nose mouth and pores, his whole face is bloody. Maybe he slipped, I believe he slipped over the bridge. The thing is I believe the hospital could have served me as listening to me, at least you are the medical people, you saw pressure was high. They could have given a medication, they did not give nothing. They saw the pressure was high and they did not listen to me and strap him down. If they did those two things I could have still had my son today.”