B.C. Mom Tells Inquest of Son’s Descent Into Drugs, Finds Him ‘Gone’ in Bedroom

Elliot Eurchuk in an undated family photo. The 16-year-old was found dead on April 20, 2018, after taking too much street drugs. The Canadian Press

VICTORIA—Rachel Staples let out the dog, started brewing coffee and then immediately felt panic as she walked up to her son’s room on April 20 last year, she told a coroner’s inquest Monday.

“He clearly was gone, but I didn’t know for how long,” Staples told the inquest into the death of 16-year-old Elliot Eurchuk. “I pumped the naloxone into his thigh, but I know he was gone. He’d been long gone. Of course I screamed, ‘Help.’ ”