6. Underneath the Cobwebs

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The Daily News Online
Suicide or murder? New body found dead at Warrington Psychiatric Hospital
Holmes Chapel | 15 December 1982

Chase Lee, 29, committed suicide Monday morning at Warrington Psychiatric Hospital in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.

Just two years prior, in April 1980, Lee was found responsible for the murder of his therapist, Doctor Alexandria Wilson. After being found guilty of first-degree murder in August 1980, Lee received the punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole after completing his required treatment and tests at Warrington, which were scheduled to evaluate his mental health at the time of the murder.

Investigators have uncovered that while Lee remained at Warrington through his sentencing, doctors and officials at the hospital personally imprisoned Lee to illegal intervals of solitary confinement, with Lee restrained in tight bounds in a dark cell for days at a time. This was not a court-mandated treatment.

Lee was found with the belt of a straitjacket around his neck inside his cell by Doctor Andrew Linz, who was bringing the patient his first meal of the day. He was presumed dead on the scene.

However, when questioned about what treatment Lee underwent during his stay within the institution, doctors refuse to comment.

[ video ]

News anchor, Clarissa Preston, steps into frame, holding a microphone toward a man in a crisp suit, whose face is blurred out.

❝ Excuse me, sir! Sir, you currently work at Warrington Psychiatric Hospital, is that correct? ❞

The man nods his head.

❝ Yes, ma'am, I do. ❞

Clarissa Preston smiles at the camera, gesturing for the videographer to turn their attention to the doctor.

❝ Wonderful. Reports say that Warrington patient, Chase Lee, who committed suicide yesterday, was sent into solitary confinement against the wishes of officers and judicial authority. Is it true that other means of punishment were inflicted on him after the murder of Doctor Alexandria Wilson? Rumors claim that electroshock therapy and patient neglect were involved. Security cameras show that Doctor Linz was not bringing Lee breakfast, but instead, medicine that was not prescribed or outlined in his treatment. Some sources claim Chase Lee was only given one meal per day, rather than the required three. It is also speculated that Chase Lee was murdered, and his death was made to appear as a suicide to keep suspicion away from Warrington. Is that correct, sir? ❞

Slowly, as the news anchor speaks, the doctor's demeanor changes, and he launches at the videographer violently, shoving them away from him.

❝ No comment! Get this camera out of my face before I call my lawyers! ❞

[ video ends ]

An autopsy report done on Lee shows bruises in various states of healing, along with fresh ones, as well as burn marks on the bottoms of his feet and the insides of his thighs.

To this day, there have been over 30 disclosed deaths of Warrington patients during their stay at the institution. But that number only includes the deaths that were reported by officials.

The question is, how many more are there?

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01 November 2017

"They aren't answering, lads," Liam rushed, nervously biting his nails as he surveyed the group in front of him. "Why are they so fucking stubborn? This isn't good, we should go to Warrington, I don't like this," he fussed, flinching when Niall attempted to hug him.

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