11/01/2025
He agreed he was 'in the s***' and hours later he was dead
This one hurts to read…
James Riley, the man who found little James Bulger’s body back in 1993, has died — alone, in a police cell.
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He was only 13 when he discovered that poor child on the railway tracks in Liverpool. That moment broke him. And his mum says he never got any help, never got any counselling — he was just forgotten. 💔
Fast forward to March 2023 — James, now 44, was arrested by Merseyside Police on suspicion of drug offences. When an officer said, “You’re in the s** now,”* James replied quietly:
👉 “Not half.”
Hours later, he was found dead in his cell. A post-mortem revealed he**in and co***ne toxicity, and “wraps” of drugs were discovered inside his body.
At the inquest this week, his mum Julie broke down in tears:
“He was funny, cheeky, and always smiling… I talk to his photo every night. I miss him so much.” 😭💔
She said after finding Bulger’s body as a boy, her son should have been cared for — not left to face life’s darkness alone.
Decades later, that trauma finally caught up with him.
Another life lost — not to violence this time, but to pain that never healed. 💔🕯️
Rest easy, James Riley. You deserved better. 😢💐
