Lila Marsland, who was weeks shy of her sixth birthday,

was found unresponsive next to her mother, Rachel, 36.When

the mom woke up and realized her daughter wasn’t breathing,

she called the paramedics. Sadly, there was nothing that could

be done. According to them, the girl had been dead for several

hours before they arrived at her home.

The devastated mother said the family didn’t have any answers

of the cause of death. Speaking to Manchester Evening News,

Rachel shared, “I woke up and she was dead next to me. I rang for

an ambulance but she had been dead a few hours.

“They gave her CPR; they arrived within minutes but it was

already too late. It’s horrendous. I still can’t believe

it’s happened“She was kind to everyone; I would take her

to school and pick her up and she would be hugging all the

teachers. It would take her 30 minutes to leave.”
She was described as “the nicest child ever.” According to her mom,

Lila had a lot of friends and was known for her bright red hair and

her bubbly personality.“Because we don’t know what she’s died of,

I don’t feel like we can even grieve properly at the moment. We

haven’t even been given answers on how she’s died,” Rachel told Manchester Evening News.