| 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.
you can all sleep well in a world with no pain or sadness x x sleep tight all 3 of u together again in gods arms x x
It's just too sad to comprehend, my only hope is that they are all reunited and living somewhere happily. God bless you all .....So sad, my heart goes out to anyone who loses a child. xxxxx
god bless you all
i understand how the patricks felt, my daughter died only 29 days after being born and still 2 years on i find it very hard to accept. i wont say i didnt think about doing what the patricks did but it has in a way got easier through time. i hope they are all together forever now as i hope i will be with my jessica.xx
FOREVER
A beautiful family welcomed through heavens gates. So much love between you that will never end,together forever. Sleep tight angelsxxx
so brave
how brave these parents are,me and my partner concidered this when our daughter died in bed with us,such courage they had,hope they are all resting at peace with eachother,driven by love,such a tragic lossxxxno more harm from this cruel worldxxx
To a beautiful family
Three angels together forever now, Sam, your mummy & daddy loved you so much they couldnt bear to be parted from you. Now you are together for eternity, rest in peace xx
I totally understand why they did it
I have always said if my daughter died i would follow her -
Now these poor parents have done what i felt i would do.
I hope wherever they have gone they are together again
Such love cannot be seperated
Louise
Too Much To Bear
When i heard the tragic story of the Pattick family, my heart broke into peaces.
Such a tragedy, but understandable at the same time, if i would ever have to go through what they did, i wouldnt want to carry on either.
The decision they made, was not out of madness or stupidity, but pure unconditional love, i hope they are altogether happy in heaven, knowing that nobody has the right to judge them.
To the family left behind, i hope you find it in yourselves to accept their decision, and i hope you find the love and support you all deserve.
Much Love,
Wendy Smith x
Together forever
I was very moved to hear the story of Sam and his parents I think any parent will know the love they would have felt for Sam and with no other children to live for can understand the actions they took may you all now be at peace.
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