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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

'Cheeky' little boy, 2, found dead in his bed hours after playing in the park

A heartbroken mum has opened up about finding her two-year-old son dead in his bed after playing in the park.

Catherine Brumfitt told the ECHO that she and her children had suffered with a viral infection when Albie began to get ill. The 37-year-old said that the contacted the doctors and tested Albie for Covid-19 but when he started to get better, she assumed the worst had passed for the toddler.

She took Albie to the local park on Friday, May 28, 2021, before going home and eventually putting her son to bed, along with his brothers Jenson and Caleb. But when she got up the next morning, Albie wouldn't wake up. She said: "He was very cheeky, he was just a happy and loving little boy.

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