Tributes have been paid to a 12-year-old boy who was found dead alongside his grandad during a camping trip in the countryside. Kaicy Brown, 12, and grandfather David Brown, 66, died in a suspected accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, thought to have been caused by a cooking stove. They were found unresponsive by one of Kaicy’s uncles who had been sleeping in a tent nearby the following morning on September 14.
The family had travelled 200 miles from Earley in Berkshire to the campsite in Powys, Wales , for the family weekend stay before the tragic incident occurred. Senior coroner Graeme Hughes told an inquest into the deaths in Pontypridd that a toxicology test would look for carbon monoxide levels in Kaicy’s blood. He told heartbroken relatives attending the hearing: ‘My deepest condolences to all of you for the loss of both Kaicy and David in such tragic circumstances.
’ The coroners’ court was told an investigation was also being carried out into the death of Kaicy’s grandfather David who lived in Wokingham, Berkshire. The hearing was adjourned to a later date. A fundraising page has been set up to raise money for Kaicy’s mum Jessica who lost both her son and her father in the tragedy.
It said: ‘On September 15 the unimaginable happened to her son Kaicy, 12, and her father. They passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning on a camping trip. ‘The money raised will go towards funeral costs, a memorial and legal fees as Jess wants to bring her boy home, as .
