Sinéad O’Connor.Photo: Andrew Chin/Getty
Sinéad O’Connor’s son, Shane O’Connor, has died, PEOPLE confirms. He was 17.
On Friday, the 55-year-old musician announced that her son had died after he had gone missing earlier in the week in a series of posts on Twitter.
Hours later, Sinéad thenuploaded a photograph of Shaneto her feed. She left the post uncaptioned.
Sinéad shared Shane — her third of four children — with musician Dónal Lunny.
Earlier in the week, Sinéad had let her social media followers know that Shane had gone missing as she pled for his safe return.
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Sharing the same picture of her son that she would later share after announcing his death, Sinéadwrote: “This is a message for my son, Shane. Shane, it’s not funny any more all this going missing. You are scaring the crap out of me. Could you please do the right thing and present yourself at a Gardai station. If you are with Shane please call the Gardai for his safety.”
“Shane, your life is precious,” Sinéad added in afollow-up message. “God didn’t chisel that beautiful smile on your beautiful face for nothing. My world would collapse without you. You are my heart. Please don’t stop it from beating. Please don’t harm yourself. Go to the Gardai and let’s get you to hospital.”
Ina subsequent post, Sinéad called out the hospital and asked how they allegedly allowed her son to get “out of their grasp,” even though he had “made two severe suicide attempts” a week prior.
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Inone other postshared on Twitter, the singer also questioned how “a seventeen year old traumatised young person WHO WAS ON SUICIDE WATCH” could have allegedly escaped the hospital’s care.
“Hospital of course so far refusing to take any responsibility. Anything happens to my son on their watch? Lawsuits,” shetweetedat the time.
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The Gardaí — the national police service in Ireland — previously said they were searching for Shane. “Gardaí are concerned for Shane’s welfare,” they said in aprior statement. They have since called off the search.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or go tosuicidepreventionlifeline.org.
source: people.com
