The bodies of Romeo Montague (17) and underage lover Juliet Capulet (14) were found today, April 23rd. The pair committed suicide when a bid to elope failed.
Romeo had taken a deadly dose of poison believing that his wife was already dead – but she was only unconscious. When the love struck girl woke to discover he’d killed himself, she stabbed herself in the heart.
FAMILIES AT WAR
The tragedy comes a few days after a brawl between rival Capulets and Montagues left two youngsters, Tybalt and Mercutio, dead. The feuding families are well known for hating each other, but now they’ve vowed to surrender their ancient grudge in loving memory of the tragic teens.
The affair between the two began after a meeting at Capulet’s exclusive annual ball - gate crashed by young Romeo and his friends. Falling in love at first sight, they snatched secret moments with each other whenever they could - helped by a few sympathetic friends.
DESPERATE PLOT
Neither family knew about the couple, who had secretly wed with the help of Friar Laurence! So when old Capulet attempted to force Juliet to marry Paris, it pushed her into the desperate plot her that killed her.
With Romeo on the run, after killing Tybalt, Juliet turned to meddling Laurence to get out of her desperate situation.
Bizarrely, his solution was to give the young girl a drug that made her sleep, then send a message to Romeo to come to the rescue.
But Romeo rushed to rescue his bride, unaware of the half-baked plot and saw Juliet apparently dead – setting in motion two grim