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A teenage youth was found dead only a few days after being wrongly blamed of taking the cremated remains of a dead baby during a burglary, an inquest has learned.

Heartbreaking Discovery

Kai Lloyd's parents discovered his body in his bedroom at his Connah's Quay home on November 19th, 2021.

False Accusations Begin

The inquest heard how his mother got a communication on November 8th, 2021 via online platforms, from a woman asking if her son was her child. The message stated: "Tell him thanks for burgling my apartment."

In a testimony read to the court, the mother said the individual had been in the news, asserting her infant's remains had been stolen in a burglary - a allegation which was untrue.

Police Investigation

An official inquiry from police later determined the supposed burglary victim had "lied to police" and "it now appears that the items was never stolen in the first place".

News coverage about the supposed taken remains generated social media responses, and although Kai was not named in the messages, his mother said people "understood it was him".

The "social media content were really distressing", she stated.

Emotional Health Effect

She explained that Kai had been diagnosed with moderate attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and as part of that condition, other individuals' views really mattered to him.

"This must have hurt him deeply," she said, "especially when this was untrue".

Kai was arrested at home, but nothing was found. He was taken to a law enforcement facility and later freed pending further inquiry.

Police said they would be in touch, the hearing heard, but had failed to reached out to the relatives by the time of his death.

Isolation and Anxiety

His parent said her son "withdrew into himself" after the arrest and "would keep asking me whether I had heard anything from the police", because his condition meant sometimes "a minute could seem like days".

When she spoke to him about the alleged burglary, she said her son informed her he had gone into the house because the woman who lived there had said he could use the toilet whenever he wanted, but denied removing anything.

Digital Bullying

In a joint statement between her and her husband, Mrs Lloyd said her child was being harassed digitally after the accusations.

The proceedings heard that one young adult encouraged Kai to kill himself.

She had no worries on the evening before he died, describing how she had heard him "chuckling and teasing".

She portrayed him as a "compassionate, loving" young man, and said her "relatives is totally devastated".

He had been "clearly concealing his worries", she stated, noting that he could not stand to have anyone "have negative thoughts of him".

Educational Reaction

The hearing received testimony from school staff at Connah's Quay secondary school.

On November 8th, she "overheard some boys discussing that the student had been arrested and that was the initial I heard".

"He informed me... he'd done nothing wrong," she added.

After the conversation, the staff member said she rang Kai's family landline and left a voicemail saying she had communicated to Kai about the accusations.

The proceedings learned his family said they did not receive that communication.

Formal Finding

Senior investigator told the hearing he would wait for reports regarding what enhancements had been made to handling individuals with the condition, before deciding whether he should make a prevention of future fatalities report.

Providing a narrative finding, he said: "Approximately November 8th, 2021, unsupported accusations were made against Kai Benjamin Lloyd, a 14-year-old child.

"Probably falsehoods were afterwards exaggerated and exaggerated through the platform of social media.

"On November 11th, he was interviewed by the police and following his interview he was freed while investigations continued."

The coroner concluded: "Exists no evidence that the acts or failures of any organization caused or added to his death and although it was the outcome of a self-inflicted act it is impossible to discern his purpose."