A socialite in Sydney is forced to hire a private researcher while she tries to discharge the mystery of how her model son suddenly died in Bali.
Aston Looker, an 18-year fashion model from Sydney, was found dead on August 22 in the swimming pool of the Balinese Villa complex of his father.
But his mother, interior designer Amanda Lennon, says it is still not clear how he died, and that the Indonesian authorities have not been helpful.
No autopsy was performed on Aston's body and father Saxon Looker let him cremate two days after his death. Local police only visited the scene almost two weeks later and found no evidence of cheating.
“I felt that DFAT (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) gave us a pat on our terrible news,” Mrs. Lennon told Good Weekend.
“That's why I hired a private investigator.
'I realize that not everyone can do that, but we had the means to do that.
'Things work differently in Bali. You have to play with another series of rules; I needed someone who knew that. '
Amanda Lennon said she could never go back to Bali after her son Aston (photo) was found with a face down in the shallow end of the swimming pool in his father's luxury villa,
Aston (photo left with his mother) had a history of mental health problems and spent a few days in a psychiatric in the run -up to his death
The 18-year-old fashion model from Sydney was found dead in August by a guardian
Mrs Lennon has hired Gold Coast-based private researcher Mick Featherstone to investigate the circumstances of the death of Aston, together with his employee Darren Bowen and local lawyer Ni Luh Arie Ratna Sukasari.
Aston had a history of mental health problems. He had struggled with depression and ADHD, and his mother had worried in the past that he could harm himself.
But Mrs. Lennon does not think that her son has committed suicide, although she cannot be sure. Without an autopsy it is not even clear whether he drowned.
In the run -up to his death, the mental health of Aston had deteriorated and spent three days in a psychiatric. Mrs. Lennon rented a villa on the beach in Bali, where the few weeks stayed together, and he was prescribed psychiatric medicines, including Lithium.
Mrs. Lennon then booked him in a chic, therapeutic retreat called The Place and returned to Australia.
During his three -week stay at the place, she no longer heard from her son, except when he checked out so that she could pay the bill. He then went into his father's villa, where he died three weeks later.
According to a timeline compiled by the trio hired by Mrs. Lennon, a guard Aston with a face down in the shallow end of the swimming pool found around 5 pm on August 22.
BMS Lennon does not think that her son (photo) committed suicide after the Indonesian authorities had not put an autopsy on his body, which was cremated two days after his death
Mrs. Lennon is an interior designer and socialite from the eastern suburbs of Sydney
Mr. Looker played resuscitation on his son when he was raced to the hospital, but by the time they arrived, he was declared dead.
Mr. Looker would later explain to Mrs. Lennon that he cremated Aston two days later according to the teenager's own wishes.
Only three months earlier, Aston told his father that he wanted to be cremated within two days after his death and that he had a phobia to be placed in any form of box, according to SMS reports seen in a good weekend.
There is no suggestion for misconduct on the part of Mr Looker. He has been established in Bali since 2005 and runs a number of surfboard companies there – he and his son shared a love for surfing.
“I want to warn others to remind them how little control we have in a place like Bali if things go wrong,” said Mrs. Lennon.
'We consider many things naturally in Australia. The local police did not even know that Aston had died until we told them. He was already cremated by that time.
“I can never go back to Bali, not after that.”
