| Location | Westbury |
| Age | 5 years |
| Date of Death | 31/05/2009 |
| Visitors | 6,190 since 02/06/2009 |
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A five-year-old boy whose body was found in a rucksack at Beachy Head with those of his mother
Kazumi Puttick and Neil Puttick had died from meningitis at his home four days earlier, police have
now revealed.
Sam Puttick was discharged from hospital on Friday and had died later. His mother Kazumi Puttick,
44, and her husband, Neil, 34, wanted Sam to die at home in Westbury, Wiltshire.
Det Insp Ian Williams, of Sussex Police, said: "I am satisfied that Samuel's grieving parents Neil
and Kazumi appear to have taken their own lives.
Sam Puttick had been paralysed from the neck down following a car crash in July 2005 and was a
quadriplegic and needed equipment to help him breathe.
A statement posted on the 'stuff4sam' website today reads "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."
"We are all very shocked at this terrible news and thinking of everyone who cared for Sam or were
close to Neil and Kazumi who are dealing with this tragic situation. We are all better for knowing
them and Sam could not have wished for better parents."
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."
He was certified dead at the family home by a doctor at about 2000 BST.
The NHS said the discharge to home of seriously ill children was an accepted part of the palliative
withdrawal of treatment to support the families of dying children.
Rescuers found a second rucksack, full of toys, near the bodies.
Tributes have been paid on Memorial on the GoneTooSoon memorial site to the Puttick family, found
dead on a beach in the south of England.
So sorry
I was so heartbroken to hear your story and that was before I realised who it was. II used to work with Neil and we had a lot of laughs and I know how dedicated he was to Kazumi. One of the nicest and respected blokes I could ever hope to meet and this is really tragic news.
My heart goes out to your family and friends, I'm so sorry for you all. I hope you find some comfort in the love the three of them so obviously had for each other.
To The Puttick Family
I may not have known you personally but as a mother I can understand how you must have felt at the tragic loss of Sam. I understand your feelings of not being able to carry on with life because your lives would never be the same again. Wherever you now are at least you are all their together, once again as a family. My sincere condolences to all those you have left behind but I am sure they will understand.God Bless to you all. R.I.P. The Puttick Family.
love to family from gts friend
my prayers and thoughts are with the puttick family at this time and you might find peace that all your loved ones are together god bless yo all
One of the sadest stories I have read in a very long time and my heart goes out to this family and their relatives. May you rest in peace and be together in afterlife. What wonderful parents you must have been
With love and great sadness from Austria
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The complete love and dedication these parents poured on to their adorable son was endless and remains so.....an inspiration to us all
Together again
My heart is feeling the pain of this terrible tragedy.
I can image the desperation and heartache that his parents must have been going through - I have 2 small boys and could never image my life without them.
May you all be happy now together again, rest in peace.
Lisa Gray
Milton Keynes
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