How families deal with the trauma of online life after death

By Katie Cincotta
Updated April 7 2015 - 10:13am, first published April 1 2015 - 11:45pm
Natalie Darcy, of the NSW Trustee & Guardian.
Natalie Darcy, of the NSW Trustee & Guardian.

When former navy officer Jeff Mendoza committed suicide in November 2014, his mother Dianne says the last thing the family wanted to think about was closing down his social media accounts. "I'm not on social media myself," she says. "I don't use Facebook but my son was big on it. If he found something funny, he'd send it to you. His dark thoughts he kept to himself."

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