Alison
Linforth, a "bubbly and happy" 16-year-old, had complained of
slight chest pains, but these had been passed off as indigestion.
The
teenager was sitting at her desk on her first day as an A-level student
last September when she suddenly fell unconscious.
Staff
at Cadbury Sixth Form College in Kings Norton, Birmingham, tried to revive
her, but failed.
Her
parents, John and Evelyn, were stunned. They had lost another
daughter, Amanda, at eight weeks old to cot death in 1986. Then
three years later, another child, Zoe, was stillborn.
Alison had hardly sat down before she collapsed in the
college, so there was no question of horseplay or fooling around. Teachers thought she had a fainting fit and acted appropriately.
Agony as third
daughter falls victim to mystery sudden death – Daily Mail – 4th March 2004
Girl's
death remains a mystery – Birmingham
Evening
Mail – 4th March 2004
