A nine-year-old boy who "loved life and nature" was killed by his "unconventional, doting" mother who then took her own life, a coroner has concluded. Senior coroner for Cornwall Andrew Cox said Ms Paterson had argued with Marcus Hughes and had gone to bed "distressed" with the thought the relationship was coming to an end. Advertisement AdvertisementCox concluded Hudson's cause of death was unlawful killing and, for Ms Paterson's death, recorded a verdict of suicide. Advertisement AdvertisementHughes told the inquest Ms Paterson "believed she was psychic" and had claimed she sensed something "bad" about the house they recently moved into. Aaron Paterson, Hudson's father, told the inquest he and Ms Paterson married young and had Hudson before separating amicably after 12 years.