Boy was falsely accused of stealing baby's ashes – days later he was found dead

A TEENAGER was found dead days after being falsely accused of stealing the ashes of a dead baby, an inquest heard. To his family and head of year at Connah's Quay High School, Kai Lloyd seemed to be behaving normally after being arrested in November, 2021.

- By GARETH HUGHES

But eight days later he was found by his father John hanged in his bedroom at the family home in Dodds Drive, Connah's Quay.

In a statement read at an inquest in Ruthin, his mother Lisa Lloyd said that she received a text message from a Chloe Robinson asking if she was Kai's mother.

Ms Robinson then stated: “Tell him thanks for burgling my flat.” News of the alleged burglary then spread on social media and the story appeared in the national press.

“Kai wasn’t mentioned in the articles but we live in a small community and people knew it was him,” she said.

Mrs Lloyd said that as the story spread, Kai, who was diagnosed in 2016 with mild ADHD, was bullied at school and the online posts were really upsetting.

"I know they would have really upset Kai. He cared deeply about other people.