Girl, 4, Dies of Mysterious Causes as Investigation Into Her Death Is Delayed: ‘Someone Needs to Be Held Accountable’

The family of a young woman whose decease remains a enigma is hopeless for answers, arsenic nan mom says “someone needs to beryllium held accountable now.”

When Lauren Marsh picked up her girl Bonnie, 4, from schoolhouse connected Dec. 14, 2021, nan young woman didn't consciousness well, truthful she kept her location from school. Two days later, however, she called nan paramedics erstwhile Bonnie vomited, past passed retired successful nan bathroom, Marsh said, per the Mirror.

Marsh, who hails from nan English region of Norfolk, said paramedics advised that Bonnie stay astatine home. The adjacent day, erstwhile nan small woman continued to vomit, her begetter took her to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (N&N). She was sent home.

On December 18, Marsh called nan infirmary again, and was advised to support Bonnie home. "I took her successful anyway,” she said. “She was freezing cold, floppy and dying successful my arms."

“I was wandering astir nan infirmary trying to find personification to thief her and it was a cleaner who saw me,” she said. “They had nary thought we were coming because they'd said not to, but they took her to a furniture and said she was very poorly.”

“They brought successful a cardiac apprehension trolley and erstwhile I asked what it was for, they said it was 'just successful case'. All of Bonnie's veins had collapsed and they were asking maine to put [some] h2o successful her rima each 10 minutes. The doctors came successful and gave maine nan syringe to put nan h2o successful my dying daughter's mouth."

Bonnie’s information quickly deteriorated, her mom said — and nan preschooler went into cardiac arrest.

“I conscionable sat location praying. The expert came backmost successful astir half an hr later to opportunity they'd restarted her bosom but she was going to beryllium transferred to Addenbrookes [Hospital, successful adjacent Cambridge] by helicopter,” Marsh said. “As she was speaking, I could spot different doctors moving backmost into Bonnie's room. They said it was clip to opportunity goodbye but erstwhile I went into nan room, Bonnie had already died."

Her family said they were told she died from dehydration from norovirus — but a post-mortem exam revealed she had COVID and nan flu. Per reports, the family was past told Bonnie had a familial information — “inborn correction of metabolism” was nan origin listed connected her interim decease certificate — but her family maintains that tests carried retired by 3 different accommodation were negative.

The family besides specifications a bid of incidents pinch nan hospital: Marsh claimed, per the Mirror that nan infirmary ignored her petition to nonstop a chaplain to nan room — or thief her cleanable her daughter’s body.

And then, erstwhile readying Bonnie’s funeral, nan family claims they told nan 4-year-old had been frozen.

“If they had to frost her to sphere samples for testing, I understand,” Marsh said. "But nary 1 told maine they were going to frost her. I was heartbroken — I hadn't signed thing to springiness my consent. I had to hold 4 aliases 5 days to spot her successful nan ceremonial location for her to thaw and she didn't look for illustration my Bonnie anymore." 

An inquest — a ineligible investigation into her decease — was expected to hap past July, but was delayed until October aft a infirmary worker was unavailable. It was delayed again until April 2026, owed to a witnesser being connected vacation.

Tracey Bleakley, Executive Managing Director for nan Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, told PEOPLE: “We proceed to connection our deepest condolences to Bonnie’s family pursuing their nonaccomplishment and we are sorry to perceive of further delays successful nan inquest process. It is wholly correct that nan circumstances are afloat reviewed by nan coroner pursuing our ain soul review. The afloat inquest, now scheduled to beryllium heard adjacent year, will supply nan opportunity to reply each nan family’s questions.”

The Norfolk Coroner's Office told PEOPLE: "We understand that this is simply a very difficult clip for nan family, and our thoughts are pinch them arsenic they await nan adjacent steps successful this process. In accordance pinch guidance issued by nan Chief Coroner, judicial agency holders are not permitted to remark connected individual cases. A further reappraisal of this lawsuit has been scheduled to return spot connected 26 September 2025.”

“I'm truthful mentally broken. We're stuck successful a horrible limbo. This is simply a never-ending nightmare …. I conscionable consciousness for illustration personification needs to beryllium held accountable now and things request to change,” Marsh said "We were yet astatine nan constituent of getting answers and it's been taken distant from us."

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