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Archie Battersbee's family demand death inquiry as 'no parent should go through this'
READ MORE: Tragic Archie Battersbee 'went completely blue' as his family watched 'barbaric' deathThe 12-year-old died at 12.15pm on Saturday, August 6, his mother Hollie Dance confirmed outside the Royal London Hospital.She had found him unconscious with a ligature around his neck on April 7.Hollie thinks he may have been taking part in the TikTok Blackout Challenge, a disturbing online trend that sees young people try different destructive methods to make themselves unconscious.After his life-sustaining treatment was stopped yesterday after 10am, his eldest brother Tom's fiancee Ella Rose Carter told reporters of the youngster's heartbreaking final moments.She said: "There is absolutely nothing dignified about watching a family member or a child suffocate."We hope no family has to go through what we have been through. It's barbaric."She continued: "He was taken off all medication at 10 o'clock.
