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Teenager dies after suffering heart attack at Brighton party
10:30am Tuesday 24th November 2009
A 14-year-old girl has died after suffering a heart attack at a party.
Police are investigating whether Gabrielle Price, known as Gabi, had taken dangerous drugs before she died.
Two people have been arrested and questioned by detectives on suspicion of drugs offences and officers are investigating whether they could have given illegal substances to the teenage girl.
Paramedics were called to Birdham Road in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, at about 5.15pm on Saturday as Gabi, from Worthing, collapsed.
Ambulance crews spent several hours trying to save the Davison C of E High School pupil's life but she died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital at about 10pm.
A 39-year-old woman from Brighton was arrested on suspicion of the supply of illegal drugs and a 17-year-old male from Hove was arrested on suspicion of the supply of a class B drug.
Both have been released on bail until January.
Leave your tributes to Gabi below.
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Page the Oracle, Hove says...
11:11am Tue 24 Nov 09
stickman, Portslade says...
11:17am Tue 24 Nov 09
Page the Oracle wrote:It is a terrible tradegy. Unfortunately I think if the message hasn't got through now it probably never will.
What a tragedy. My condolences to her family & friends. Rest in Peace little angel. Without wishing to pre-judge the circumstances of her death I question how many more before the message gets through that drugs can kill the first time they are used.
Philo Beddoe, Worthing says...
11:59am Tue 24 Nov 09
Just another Taxpayer, Hove says...
12:30pm Tue 24 Nov 09
I knew things were bad at the RSCH but why were ambulance crews working on her when she was at the hospital?
Sad but not unexpected in East Brighton, Rest in peace poor child
stan bailey, brighton says...
12:43pm Tue 24 Nov 09
esmepoppy, Worthing says...
1:01pm Tue 24 Nov 09
I hope other teenages realise what can happen when taking drugs now, and hopefully they will think it through more thurely. And hopful nobody will lose anybody else to drugs. x
Barney McGrew, Trumpton says...
1:28pm Tue 24 Nov 09
John Steed, worthing says...
1:31pm Tue 24 Nov 09
My heartfelt sympathy to Angie, Karen & family and all her many, many friends at worthing high and davidson,
let is be said that giving drugs to a 14 year old would be sinking to a new low even in moulscum, but why add to the family grief by speculating, please please wait untill the facts are known Please do not jump to conclusions until the facts are published let the family come to terms with this terrible event.
Thank you gabi for being a little shining light in this sometimes dark world
anonginge, brighton says...
1:42pm Tue 24 Nov 09
13ennn, worthing says...
1:46pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Nikki taylor, brighton says...
1:51pm Tue 24 Nov 09
MistyRawr, Worthing says...
2:00pm Tue 24 Nov 09
salty_pete, Withdean says...
2:21pm Tue 24 Nov 09
jade-price, worthing says...
2:32pm Tue 24 Nov 09
emilyelektro123, worthing says...
2:44pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Hovesage, Hove says...
3:11pm Tue 24 Nov 09
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However, I think everyone should stop making usumptions based on some very poor reporting.
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Once a post mortem is done and made public, we will know for shure what killed her, and then we all can make our feelings known based on fact.
Just another Taxpayer, Hove says...
3:15pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Barney McGrew wrote:Sends a message.. I dont think so, never has never will, all teanagers are immortal and this sort of thing always happens to someone else....
Tragic. RIP - and let's hope she didn't die in vain i.e I hope it sends a very real message to other teenagers that drugs aren't really that cool - just like playing russian roulette - some are lucky, some are not. Condolences to her family and friends. How sad.
emilyelektro123, worthing says...
3:39pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Tetsugaku-San, Brighton says...
4:22pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Page the Oracle wrote:so can cars! So could a curry for that matter!
What a tragedy. My condolences to her family & friends. Rest in Peace little angel. Without wishing to pre-judge the circumstances of her death I question how many more before the message gets through that drugs can kill the first time they are used.
Jay-kay, brighton says...
4:42pm Tue 24 Nov 09
but what an awful shame that this happened
Peacehaven Paul, Peacehaven says...
4:53pm Tue 24 Nov 09
John Steed wrote:Well said, Mr Steed. Well said.
I have known Gabi for many years, she went to school until recently with my daughter, and lived only a few doors away for a long time, They enjoyed singing karaoke songs together. Gabi was a lovely warm hearted teenager, with a bright future in front of her, everything to live for. My heartfelt sympathy to Angie, Karen & family and all her many, many friends at worthing high and davidson, let is be said that giving drugs to a 14 year old would be sinking to a new low even in moulscum, but why add to the family grief by speculating, please please wait untill the facts are known Please do not jump to conclusions until the facts are published let the family come to terms with this terrible event. Thank you gabi for being a little shining light in this sometimes dark world
davyboy, abingdon, oxon says...
4:54pm Tue 24 Nov 09
anonginge wrote:yes, someone is to blame. the people who brought drugs, whatever type, to a kids party. looking at the evidence provided, a 39-year-old woman and a 17-year-old male are to blame. they have been bailed to allow further enquiries to be made, but the police have suspicions. yes, of course people from other areas know each other, but did her parents know what sort of party she was going to? kids should know better than to try substances they know nothing about. it is really sad this has happened, and i hope it hits home to all other teenagers that drugs, including alcohol, can kill.
Ands also, to people like 'davy boy', shut your mouth, no one's to blame. And aren't people from Worthing allowed to know people from Brighton?? jesus...
Sophie murray, worthing says...
5:27pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Sophie murray, worthing says...
5:57pm Tue 24 Nov 09
ohaiiiiiii, brighton says...
6:00pm Tue 24 Nov 09
CEJM100, says...
6:07pm Tue 24 Nov 09
kathy51, brighton says...
6:12pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Emma May, Worthing says...
6:53pm Tue 24 Nov 09
13ennn, worthing says...
7:15pm Tue 24 Nov 09
so
R.I.P Gabbi xxx
Philo Beddoe, Worthing says...
7:21pm Tue 24 Nov 09
kathy51 wrote:And I am sick to death of people thinking alcohol is not a drug that can kill the first time you take it, yes it can as has been proved over and over again, the problem isn't necessarily the drugs but what drug dealers mix with the drugs to maximise their profit, maybe one answer is for the government to legalise drugs, at least then people that want to take drugs will know the quality is O.K., I know kids aren't supposed to drink and take drugs, but it's an unfortunate fact of life they do and will always do, so surely it is better if they at least get safe gear, all I can say is I will not judge the young girl that died, and my she R.I.P!.
when will B%H get its act together and realise that drugs kill kids !!!!. I am sick to death of comments from people about alcohol etc, yes it does also damage them, but one little blue tablet can kill them, This was a 14 year old girl, who was given something, that she should not have taken, but she did, and now her poor friends and family are living a nightmare... For too long B@H council have turned a blind eye to drugs in this town, they allow them to roam our streets , and drain our resources. Its about time they did what us as council tax payers demand.. CLean up the streets, get drug pushers into jail., and have no tolerance for these evil child killers.. From a mum, who has been to hell and back , with her kids, so i know what i am talking about
tiilly, brighton says...
7:45pm Tue 24 Nov 09
jessi_55, brighton says...
7:55pm Tue 24 Nov 09
DMBE13, Brighton says...
8:03pm Tue 24 Nov 09
emilyelektro123, worthing says...
8:13pm Tue 24 Nov 09
Emma May wrote:same her mum and nan lovelyist people you could meet love her and her family and friends
I have known Gabi & her family for many years & she was the sweetest, kindest, funniest girl with the prettiest smile. I feel it is completely disrespectful for a local paper to print a story based on the worst speculation without knowing the facts. This is a hard & horrific time for Gabi's family which is being made worse by rumours which sell papers. Perhaps the editor would think twice if they read something awful like this about a child in their family.
loulabelle333, Shoreham-By-Sea says...
10:23pm Tue 24 Nov 09
cheezburger wrote:Cheezburger...is it me or do you just like disrespecting every teenager that loses their life? You critisised Aaron Pauls mum, and to the fact Aaron was my best friend I found this extremely disrespectful! It seems that you just can't let anything lie, a young girl dies possibly of drugs and all you can do is critisise her and pretty much just say oh well shes dead. I'm not being funny or anything but I think that if this was a relative to you and someone was saying this about your relative you wouldnt be so b****y careless and heartless about the situation! To be honest I think you would be devastated and fuming as well as extremely upset that someone is critisising the death of your relative. The only person that sounds like an idiot is you because it seems you have nothing better to do than go through the all these different stories and upset the relatives and friends and just general public more by critisising the death of young teens and I expect others in the community. For example you critisised Aarons mum when she was clearly pointing out Aarons faults and unlike some people on grieving who unfortunately do automatically pin the blame on the driver and not think of the faults of the friend/relative.
MistyRawr wrote: Gabbie was an amazing person. I know for a fact she will be highly missed by many peoplwe. And so what if she took drugs, people shouldn't judge, it didn't make her a bad person at all. RIP babeYep she did drugs, so what? Well it killed her, theres your so what. No one said it made her a bad person. Unfortunately it made her a dead person. You sound like an idiot.
You need to think long and hard about the pain and hurt you are causing the friends and relatives of young Gabbie, how would you feel knowing that this year you wouldn't be spending Christmas with your child/mum/dad/brothe
r/etc. knowing that you will never see them again. It hurts really bad, I'm still grieving over the death of Aaron. I think you will never EVER grow to know what its like to actually CARE about sensative subjects such as this until you lose one of the most important people in your life.
My condolenscences to Gabbies family and friends.
x x x
just-a-person, brighton says...
10:56pm Tue 24 Nov 09
hapablab, hove says...
10:58pm Tue 24 Nov 09
e which is actually unclassified as it hit the streets earlier this year and can be bought online, which is an outrage.
someone allready died up north from this drug, i have taken it but never again...
how many deaths until the law gets set on this drug...
and its not like she took loads of this stuff, my eye witness friends say she took 1 small line of it, less than the standard dose. if 1 line can kill someone, they should sort this **** out. personally im annoyed that this stuff is still technically legal and that 2 people i know really well are going down for probably years...
hapablab, hove says...
11:12pm Tue 24 Nov 09
we cause no harm to the comunity by sitting around at the weekends, and we're the scum?
explain please.
just-a-person, brighton says...
11:13pm Tue 24 Nov 09
just-a-person, brighton says...
11:21pm Tue 24 Nov 09
kmgkmg123, worthing says...
11:29pm Tue 24 Nov 09
just-a-person, brighton says...
11:38pm Tue 24 Nov 09
stan bailey, brighton says...
7:04am Wed 25 Nov 09
hapablab wrote:You contribute nothing to society, but cost a small fortune in education, health care etc. Your hedonistic approach to life is ridiculous; why are you not doing your homework and having some ambition to make something of your life
first off im 15 years old, and the only people involved that i didnt know was the girl herself, but i can tell you that these are nice people, we sit around smoking a bit of dope, playing playstation watching rubbish tv and stuff, yet you call us scum. but then again, at least 20-25% of all the under18 year olds i know, like the people i go to school with, who do NOT take drugs go out drinking in the streets and on the beach every friday and saturday night, vomiting, getting paraletic filling up emergency wards, vandalising the town and being very antisocial, yet this is ok?
we cause no harm to the comunity by sitting around at the weekends, and we're the scum?
explain please.
davyboy, abingdon, oxon says...
7:59am Wed 25 Nov 09
hapablab wrote:she shpuldn't have been able to take any, let alone '1 small line'. as for 15 year-olds just hanging out and smoking dope, i think the dope here is you. at 15 your education is the most important thing in your life, and you don't seem to care. i can see that you have taken on board that this drug is dangerous, but so are all drugs. when will kids learn that dealers only give this stuff away to get you hooked into an expensive habit that destroys your life. if the people you know well go down for years, it serves them right, the longer the better. this address is clearly being used as a drugs den, and needs closing down.
i didnt know gabby but i know the 2 arrested and have spent many a night in the adress pictured and i know that she died because she took a "legal" drug known as meow with the chemical name 4-methylmethcathinon
e which is actually unclassified as it hit the streets earlier this year and can be bought online, which is an outrage.
someone allready died up north from this drug, i have taken it but never again...
how many deaths until the law gets set on this drug...
and its not like she took loads of this stuff, my eye witness friends say she took 1 small line of it, less than the standard dose. if 1 line can kill someone, they should sort this **** out. personally im annoyed that this stuff is still technically legal and that 2 people i know really well are going down for probably years...
tim e, brighton says...
11:33am Wed 25 Nov 09
popsvoice, crawley says...
1:51pm Wed 25 Nov 09
A life for a life has never been more applicable as now. Also some of the previous posts from her so called "friends" advocating the use of illegal drugs, the way you are going you will soon be reunited with this poor girl.
Live by the sword - die by the sword.
red-arrow, Brighton says...
2:46pm Wed 25 Nov 09
elmagico, sussex says...
4:15pm Wed 25 Nov 09
MoreMikey, Formerly Bevendean (Lower, actually) says...
4:16pm Wed 25 Nov 09
stan bailey wrote:Well said, Stan.
hapablab wrote:You contribute nothing to society, but cost a small fortune in education, health care etc. Your hedonistic approach to life is ridiculous; why are you not doing your homework and having some ambition to make something of your life
first off im 15 years old, and the only people involved that i didnt know was the girl herself, but i can tell you that these are nice people, we sit around smoking a bit of dope, playing playstation watching rubbish tv and stuff, yet you call us scum. but then again, at least 20-25% of all the under18 year olds i know, like the people i go to school with, who do NOT take drugs go out drinking in the streets and on the beach every friday and saturday night, vomiting, getting paraletic filling up emergency wards, vandalising the town and being very antisocial, yet this is ok?
we cause no harm to the comunity by sitting around at the weekends, and we're the scum?
explain please.
samkbrown, says...
4:39pm Wed 25 Nov 09
shining star, brighton says...
4:48pm Wed 25 Nov 09
red-arrow, Brighton says...
11:10pm Wed 25 Nov 09
elmagico wrote:Couldn't agree more. It does seem that some people know what went on. Maybe the police will look at this webpage and see this for themselves. The truth will come out in the end and the truth may or may not be quite innocent. Whatever the truth may be, I just hope that one of these people who know so much, show some compassion and speak up. I have gone over this terrible tragedy many times in my mind and I keep finding myself asking, "Where was the responsible adult?" My thoughts are with Gabi's family and friends and also with everybody who has been touched by the sad and possibly unnecessary loss of Gabi, who, it is true, was just a child. This is so very very sad.
A 14 year old girl has died whilst in the care of somebody old enough to be a 'responsible adult'. No matter who, where, how, what, or when, the most important thing is that if anybody apart from Gabi herself was involved in her death, however connected, they should be brought to justice. Ther seem to be a few comments from people on here who seem to know EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, so for God's sake, stop acting like a bunch of immature schoolchildren, and contact the police with any solid knowledge that you have. The police WILL find out the truth in the end, today's technology will see to that, so stop hiding information and postponing the inevitable, and if you do know anything, pick up the phone, dial 0845 60 70 999 and ask to speak to detective French at Brighton CID. This message is not from anybody involved with the Police. I do not know Gabi or any of her family, but send my heart felt condolences to everybody involved at this awfully difficult time. Please, stop talking rubbish and speculating about things that you do not know, and tell the police what you know, so that the person or persons responsible may be brought to justice. It wont bring the poor girl back, but it may prevent this from happening again.
londonbythesea, brighton says...
2:13pm Fri 27 Nov 09
i was wondering if the recent trend of youngsters, mostly girls, wearing t-shirts of cats and make-up that adds cats whiskers to their face is anything to do with this new party drug, known as meow meow (a mixture of ketamine and plant fertiliser Mephedrone)
emilyelektro123, worthing says...
1:51am Sun 6 Dec 09
just-a-person wrote:she was 14 and there is no proper way to bring someone up and if u keep them on a lesh there gunna get loose and go crazy on drugs anyways
that says it all, you are 15 years old, you stupid stupid child. you think its ok to sit smoking dope ? and the adult in a house is allowing this ? i rest my case. i try to bring my children up the right way yet there are scumbags who think its ok to get or let my child touch the stuff ? spend a day with me then you will understand that smoking puff weed skunk and having sociable weekend drugs are not ok. it wrecks lives, damages childhoods and screws your mind up beyond belief. it is not big and not clever and that adult should be charged with murder, at 39 she should no better
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andygunner, brighton says...
10:50am Tue 24 Nov 09