NO SUNSHINE Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 A five-year-old boy whose body was found at Beachy Head with those of his parents had died from meningitis at his home four days earlier, police said.Sam Puttick, who was discovered in a rucksack at the East Sussex beauty spot on Monday, was discharged from hospital on Friday and died later. His parents Kazumi and Neil Puttick wanted Sam, who was quadriplegic, to die at home in Westbury, Wiltshire. Police said they were satisfied the couple had "taken their own lives".Mr Puttick, 34, and his 44-year-old wife lived with Sam at Wishing Well Farm in Brokerswood in Westbury. Sue Capon, who knew the family, says the parents were 'devoted' to SamSam had been paralysed from the neck down following a car crash in July 2005.Friend Sue Capon, who owns Brokerswood Country Park opposite Mr and Mrs Puttick's house, said they both lived for Sam. She added: "Sam was adorable, a delight and I feel privileged to have been close to him during his short life. He never complained, he was always happy and full of smiles. He loved tractors and the chickens."Neil and Kazumi gave 110% to Sam, they used to come to the park, feed the ducks and enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside." Mrs Capon said: "Their life was Sam and without him their life did not mean anything to them. They were devoted to one another as well as to their child and it's just such a sad ending." Sam needed equipment to help him breathe and a website called "stuff4sam" was created to help raise funds for his care.A statement posted on the website on Tuesday said: "It is with great sadness we have to share the terrible news about Neil, Kazumi and Sam."Sam died from meningitis on Friday and it seems that Neil and Kazumi took their own lives shortly after that."A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset NHS said: "When it became clear that Sam had no hope of recovery from his severe infection, he was discharged to his family home at his parents' request."Rescuers found a second rucksack, full of toys, near the bodies.A silver Volkswagen camper van was recovered from a roadside car park about 200 yards (183m) from the cliff edge.Coastguards on routine patrol first spotted what they thought were two bodies 400ft (120m) down the cliff face on Sunday evening.The two rucksacks were discovered on Monday and the bodies recovered by 1400 BST. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8079123.stmdeepactually felt bad reading thatcliff notes - couple's quadraplegic child died, they took his body and jumped off a cliff together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Ant Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayGee Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Quite understandable really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpedeum Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 sad but.. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Yuy Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 f*ckedanother non black and white example on the people who say suicide is selfish and cowardly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 lol at cliff notesrip the lot of emvery sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiKkoNen Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Kid was what 5? Should have just had another kid. Overly dramatical response to the death of your 5 year old child IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NO SUNSHINE Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Kid was what 5? Should have just had another kid. Overly dramatical response to the death of your 5 year old child IMO.LOLThis forum gives me joke I swear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiKkoNen Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Kid was what 5? Should have just had another kid. Overly dramatical response to the death of your 5 year old child IMO.LOLThis forum gives me joke I swearAlright, maybe that's just me being reasonable. Everyone who experiences any tragedy that involves the death of someone close to them must top themselves. Let's discard of all reason and logic in the face of grief. *Makes the sign of the cross to prevent any future self related tragedies* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Kid was what 5? Should have just had another kid. Overly dramatical response to the death of your 5 year old child IMO.it wernt no pet fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faze . Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 couldnt kill myself, would only be right to bring another child into the world.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARLO STANSFIELD Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 having a child that is paralysed must be tuffloosing them after fighting such a battle must be soul destroying i believe suicide is wrong but sometimes its understandable.sad tbh life is precious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 RIP.life is f*cked sometimes if u get delt the wrong cards.if u find yourself in certain situations suicide can seem like a very likely option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofa Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 First the child is injured in a car crash resulting in a disability and then some years later he dies from menegitis?!!!Heartbreaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 real deep stuff man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Esquilax Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 while its f*cked that the kid died and that, why are these man putting it in a rucksack and jumping off a cliff with it?i know its tragic and posed with the same situation i'd consider suicide aswell, but theres something not right about they way they executed this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAVESURFER Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 That is tragic.R.I.P. to all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risky Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 that f*cked.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrouk Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 having a child that is paralysed must be tuffloosing them after fighting such a battle must be soul destroying i believe suicide is wrong but sometimes its understandable.sad tbh life is precious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhhhhhh8 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Kid was what 5? Should have just had another kid. Overly dramatical response to the death of your 5 year old child IMO.LOLThis forum gives me joke I swearAlright, maybe that's just me being reasonable. Everyone who experiences any tragedy that involves the death of someone close to them must top themselves. Let's discard of all reason and logic in the face of grief. *Makes the sign of the cross to prevent any future self related tragedies* Obviously they shouldn't have killed themselves but you can't expect them to just say 'Oh well atleast we only wasted 5 years. Thank God he wasn't older what a waste of time that would've been'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayGee Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 When theres only one thing you live for what are you supposed to do when thats taken away from you, what are you now living for? If that was a way to end their misery then i dont blame them. He was their life and their life got taken away from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Truly sadRIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Furta Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Very sad, but also very weak on their behalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.Man Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 this happens alot, all over the world. Parents can't look after their children, feel they have failed and take lives, sometimes the kids are still alive but theres just no food, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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