'He would always message me to say he was fine and that he was on his way home - so when he didn't do that, I straight away started to panic. 'I knew that his friends at university had been talking about that abandoned milk factory for a while, and wanting to go check it out. 'Then when she didn't hear from him again, she got in touch with me and told me where he was. She said: 'He'd sent a picture to his girlfriend on the Tuesday afternoon of him on the roof of the building. 'I have now spoken to the police and they said they are going to look to get the place boarded up.'Ĭheryl recalls the panic she felt when her son didn't return home on Tuesday night - after Ethan's girlfriend had told Cheryl where he was. 'When I went down there the day after Ethan's body was found, police still hadn't done anything to stop other people going inside while they investigated.

'For years I have worried about him - but this is the worst possible outcome.'Ĭheryl added that she has spoken to Devon and Cornwall Police about getting the Dairy Crest factory boarded up - as another person also died there last year. He also suffered from anxiety, so things like this helped him to clear his mind. 'He would do random things and didn't think about the consequences. He still loved doing things that young children do, like climbing trees. 'Ethan had ADHD, so he was a bit like a little boy trapped in a man's body. 'I always used to tell Ethan not to climb up on roofs or do anything silly - when we had scaffolding on our house I had to tell him not to climb up that, but he still did. I don't want another parent to get that call. She said: 'I don't want this to happen to anyone else. Mum-of-four Cheryl is using Ethan's death as a warning to parents of other 'urban explorers' to be aware of the risks that their children are taking. Now, his mum Cheryl Reynolds, 46, has paid tribute to her 'amazing' son - and said: 'I cannot let him die in vain.' However, although his heart was still beating, Ethan had suffered a fractured skull and was declared to have already been brain-dead by the time he had been found inside the building. He was eventually dragged out of the old Dairy Crest factory in Totnes, Devon, by the fire brigade, the following day at 4pm, and was air-lifted to Derriford Major Trauma Centre for specialist surgery. The university student, from Torquay, Devon, had filmed himself on the roof of the building at 2pm on Tuesday (July 28) - just days before his fatal fall.

A heartbroken mum has issued a warning to 'urban explorers' after her son died falling from the roof of an abandoned factory.Įthan Ross Bonnar, 22, tragically passed away on Friday, days after he was left brain-dead following his fall from the top of the derelict milk factory.

Urban explorer falls to death