Boy, 12, and granddad found dead inside tent on family camping trip

Tributes person been paid to a 12-year-old lad who was recovered dormant alongside his grandad during a camping travel successful the countryside.

Kaicy Brown, 12, and gramps David Brown, 66, died successful a suspected accidental c monoxide poisoning, thought to person been caused by a cooking stove.

They were recovered unresponsive by 1 of Kaicy’s uncles who had been sleeping successful a structure adjacent the pursuing greeting connected September 14.

The household had travelled 200 miles from Earley successful Berkshire to the campsite successful Powys, Wales, for the household play enactment earlier the tragic incidental occurred.

Senior coroner Graeme Hughes told an inquest into the deaths successful Pontypridd that a toxicology trial would look for c monoxide levels in Kaicy’s blood.

He told heartbroken relatives attending the hearing: ‘My deepest condolences to each of you for the nonaccomplishment of both Kaicy and David successful specified tragic circumstances.’

The coroners’ tribunal was told an probe was besides being carried retired into the decease of Kaicy’s gramps David who lived successful Wokingham, Berkshire.

The proceeding was adjourned to a aboriginal date.

A fundraising page has been acceptable up to rise wealth for Kaicy’s mum Jessica who mislaid some her lad and her begetter successful the tragedy.

It said: ‘On September 15 the unimaginable happened to her son Kaicy, 12, and her father. They passed distant from c monoxide poisoning connected a camping trip.

‘The wealth raised volition spell towards ceremonial costs, a memorial and ineligible fees arsenic Jess wants to bring her lad home, arsenic determination is disputes wrong the household astir wherever helium volition beryllium laid to rest. We don’t privation her to spell done anymore headache astatine this bittersweet time.

‘Any donations would beryllium greatly appreciated to assistance relieve the fiscal load of this tragic accident, besides to assistance galore families successful need.’

A second GoFundMe page to enactment David’s widow, Mandy, has besides been acceptable up by Sonning Church of England Primary School, wherever Kaicy had attended earlier starting secondary school.

The schoolhouse said the assemblage was ‘coming unneurotic to amusement our love’ for the bereaved household successful a Facbook post.

It went on: ‘This is simply a desperately bittersweet situation, not slightest of each due to the fact that Kaicy was lone 12 years old.’

The youngster was remembered arsenic ‘a existent ambassador for the school’ and ‘a kind, thoughtful and emotionally-aware lad who lit up a country with his grin and bully consciousness of humour’.

It added: ‘He was besides an exceptionally talented creator and impressed america with his attraction to item and unthinkable committedness to his artwork. 

‘Many of his pieces are inactive hung proudly astir the school. 

‘Memories of Kaicy’s fantastic starring relation arsenic Mrs Wolf, successful the Year 6 accumulation successful July 2023, volition ever marque america smile. 

‘His manner amusement show astatine our Year 6 residential was besides thoroughly entertaining, combining his acting skills and consciousness of humour to enactment connected a hilarious show for his peers and staff. 

‘A gentle soul, Kaicy made friends easy and was loved by his classmates and adults alike for his easy-going quality and enactment for others. Kaicy ever upheld our Sonning values and was a existent ambassador for the school. 

‘Kaicy was 1 of those pupils who had specified a agleam aboriginal up of him and idiosyncratic we ever felt would execute large things successful his beingness – a thought which makes this concern adjacent harder arsenic we retrieve idiosyncratic truthful special.’

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