Overview
- Norfolk Coroner's Court recorded a narrative conclusion from area coroner Yvonne Blake that Martinez took her own life while intoxicated, which impaired her ability to understand or intend her actions.
- A toxicology report presented to the inquest found significant sedative drugs and alcohol in her system before her death.
- The 29-year-old from Norwich had long-standing mental-health difficulties, including a later diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, eating disorders and substance misuse.
- She feared inheriting Huntington's disease that affected her grandfather and mother, began but did not complete predictive testing, and died on May 5, 2025, a year after her mother's death.
- Her father criticized intermittent support from services, left teaching to become a mental-health home carer, and helped create an Olivia Martinez Scholarship Fund with HDYO, while NSFT colleagues praised her work as a peer support worker and HDYO ambassador.