'Romeo and Juliet' couple hang themselves from same tree after splitting up Coroner Nigel Meadows said: "This is almost a repetition of a very famous play by Shakespeare called Romeo and Juliet - it could be the modern equivalent. Victoria was so traumatised by Raymond's death she wanted to take her own life, even though it would be leaving her children and family behind. It must have been a similar consideration for Raymond. The couple, from Wythenshawe, met when Ms Kish-Donovan was a teenager and Mr Oswell was in his mid twenties. They went on to have two children together and lived together on Rothermere Walk. But after seven years, Ms Kish-Donovan told Mr Oswell the relationship was over - and after he got a friend to scroll through Facebook, Mr Oswell believed she had started seeing someone else. Mr Oswell, an out-of-work builder, was found several days later, on June 21 last year hanging from a tree in Hatchett's Wood off Simonsway. He was discovered by his sisters after they went to search when he failed to return home. Ms Kish-Donovan's mother Paula Donovan said her devastated daughter "never stopped crying" after she learned of Raymond's death and felt enormous guilt over what had happened. She would regularly be found at the tree where Mr Oswell died, which had become a shrine to him surrounded by photographs and flowers. On July 7 last year, police were alerted by a group of young boys and found Ms Kish-Donovan at the same spot, hanging but still with a faint sign of life. After desperately cutting her down using house keys found in her handbag, they tried to revive her, but she could not be saved. Goodbye notes to her children and family, plus a love letter to Mr Oswell, were later found in her bedroom. Mrs Donovan said: "When Ray was found dead Victoria was distraught. She would go to the tree and I would try and take her away, but she would not stay away. She just never stopped crying, she blamed herself for what had happened to Ray and felt responsible. Mr Meadows said he was satisfied that both Ms Kish-Donovan and Mr Oswell had intended to kill themselves when they died. He added: "This is a very sad set of circumstances for both Victoria and Raymond and their families. They may well have had their ups and downs but they must have had a very committed relationship. Ms Kish-Donovan's sister, Simone Kish-Donovan, 29, said: "Victoria and Raymond really were truly in love. They had been in love with each other for seven years and were always so close. You have never met parents like them - they were never away from the kids and would try and bring all the family together by cooking meals. Just from one mistake, two families have been ripped to pieces.