As a little boy, William Chapman dreamed of fame.
asserted
Chapman → dream → fame
Sweet-faced, talented, bright and hard-working, he had all the necessary tools to be a successful actor.
asserted
he → work → tools
He very nearly made it.
asserted
He → make → it
By the age of ten, he'd already had bit parts in a number of BBC and ITV productions, and for a time appeared to be following in the footsteps of the likes of Eddie Redmayne and James Corden – his stage school's most famous alumni.
asserted
he → have → Redmayne
His proud teacher at the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe remembers a 'vibrant, talented and popular' boy from a 'lovely family' who had all the attributes to one day become a household name.
asserted
who → remember → attributes
Sadly, those wishes were to come true, but in the most horrific of circumstances.
asserted
wishes → come → circumstances
William's name is now known the world over but as the tragic young man who, while suffering a mental health crisis, entered the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, where he was mauled to death.
asserted
he → know → death
His grieving family have since experienced a taste of the dark side of the internet.
asserted
family → grieve → internet
Cruel videos were posted of William's final moments, captured on film, along with appalling jibes and memes – one, unbelievably, created by the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
asserted
videos → post → States
Meanwhile, the family is trying to piece together how this could have happened to their beloved 24-year-old son, and what role mental health services - if any - played in the tragedy.
uncertain
services → try → tragedy
William Chapman (pictured) was a talented young actor and studied at the same stage school at Eddie Redmayne and James Corden
The tiger called Altai that killed William at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
News of his death hit his old drama teacher hard.
asserted
News → picture → teacher
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail this week, Marylyn Phillips, 76, who taught William for more than a decade, said: 'It was very difficult when I heard the news.
asserted
I → speak → news
It is just so sad when someone is young, talented, and has everything going for them.
asserted
everything → have → them
'It's heartbreaking enough when they leave [the school] let alone this.
asserted
they → leave → this
They are a lovely family, and they are devastated.
asserted
they → devastate → ?
Anything their children needed, they had it.
asserted
they → need → it
If he needed to be taken somewhere, he would be taken somewhere.
asserted
he → need → ?
The details of what happened last Saturday have been well documented.
asserted
what → happen → ?
William had been standing on a long footbridge over the tiger's enclosure, where Altai, a 200kg Amur tiger who arrived at the zoo last year, was sitting on a wooden platform.
asserted
who → stand → platform
He had then politely asked a stranger in the crowd to take his photograph with the tiger in the background.
asserted
He → ask → background
Minutes later, to the horror of onlookers, he 'nonchalantly' leapt down into the enclosure, where he was attacked.
asserted
he → leap → enclosure
Emergency services arrived quickly, but William's injuries were too severe, and he died at the scene.
Aged seven, William (pictured first from left) landed a role on ITV's comedy drama series May Contain Nuts alongside Harry Potter star Shirley Henderson (pictured second from left)
At the opening of his inquest this week, his loved ones raised concerns about the contact William, who had developed schizophrenia and suffered with bouts of psychosis, had with mental health services in Doncaster, where he had been living and working as a self-employed online trader.
uncertain
he → arrive → trader
It is not the first time questions have been raised about Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Trust, which has been pulled up on several failings in recent years, including within its mental health department.
asserted
which → raise → department
Questions are also being asked about the role William's online gaming habit might have played in his declining mental state.
uncertain
habit → ask → state
Specifically, he appeared to be a big fan of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a fantasy game that sees players armed with crossbows and axes, slaying monsters and wild predators, such as large sabre cats.
asserted
players → appear → cats
Could William have been living out a fantasy, or become caught between the blurred lines of his online and real worlds?
uncertain
William → live → worlds
A chilling thought for everyone – most of all for those who loved and cared for him.
asserted
who → love → him
For William was loved, deeply.
asserted
William → love → ?
One of four, he was born in Chichester, West Sussex, into a creative family.
asserted
he → bear → family
His mother, Virginia Burges, 56, is a published author and violinist.
asserted
mother → publish → ?
It is unclear what, if any, relationship William had with his biological father Gary Chapman, the owner of a letting agents in Chichester where he lives with his second wife.
uncertain
he → have → wife
Just 24 hours before his death, William shared a number of startling pictures, including two topless selfies from a gym
William spent most of his childhood living with his mother, stepfather and siblings in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where, on their relocation 17 years ago, his mother signed him up for stage school.
She'd often share updates on William's acting career on social media, posting pictures of him studying scripts on the train to London or beaming at auditions alongside his sisters.
Aged seven, William landed a role on ITV's comedy drama series May Contain Nuts alongside Harry Potter star Shirley Henderson.
uncertain
May → share → Henderson
Three years later he landed another role playing a young Edward Jenner in the BBC series True Stories.
'He was very talented and very good, so this came across in all his auditions,' Mrs Phillips remembers.
asserted
Phillips → land → auditions
'He might have been fighting against everyone else for roles, but he always seemed to come out on top.
'
uncertain
he → fight → top
cared about what he did.
asserted
he → care → what
If I gave him a script, it would be learned by the next time I saw him.
asserted
I → give → him
We always stayed in touch and our agency represented him for a time, but
asserted
agency → stay → time
then he went on to college.'
As William entered his later teenage years his loved ones started to notice a marked change in his behaviour.
asserted
ones → go → behaviour
He began suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental health issue known to co-occur with schizophrenia.
asserted
He → begin → schizophrenia
At 15, he then stopped going to his lessons at stage school and Ms Burges worried that her boy was slowly disappearing.
asserted
boy → go → school
…and 49 more, not listed.
The Aporia
