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James McNeill

Boy, 2, died 'out of the blue' after developing 'slight cough'

A mum has said her son's death came "out of the blue" at only two years old.

Jacob Murphy died in 2020 after he contracted the Adenovirus virus and his mum Chelsea said that he "fought to the end". Born in 2017, Jacob was born 23 weeks premature and spent five months in hospital.

Chelsea, from St Helens, said her son recovered and had gone on to lead a "happy, healthy, and normal life". That was until 2019 when he started to get a "slight cough" at the time Chelsea thought he was just unwell before being rushed into Whiston Hospital.

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