Overview
- Reece Barrett, 18, found his mother Louise McKenzie unresponsive on the bathroom floor late Christmas morning and she was pronounced dead at their Bootle home.
- Paramedics instructed him to perform CPR before attending, and police later visited to confirm there were no suspicious circumstances.
- McKenzie had seen a doctor on Christmas Eve and was told an inflamed pancreas was not a concern, according to her son.
- The family believe a brain haemorrhage caused her death, though no coroner’s confirmation is reported in the coverage.
- Barrett is staying with his girlfriend’s family, cannot afford the rent at his mother’s house, and a GoFundMe started by his girlfriend’s mother aims to help him and their dog, Virgil, secure new accommodation.