A mother has said 'my life is ruined, my baby gone' after her 13-year-old son was pronounced dead after he was found unconscious in a south Wales park last night.
Tatum Price made the comments on Facebook after her son, named locally as Carson Price, was discovered in Ystrad Mynach park at 7.20pm two miles from the family home and later pronounced dead.
He was rushed to University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, but paramedics were unable to save him.
Gwent police are now investigating the circumstances of the incident and are treating the boy's death as unexplained.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out to pinpoint the cause of death.
The 13-year-old boy, named locally as Carson Price, was rushed to hospital in Cardiff after he was found unconscious in Ystrad Mynach park, and was later pronounced dead
The family pictured together with Carson Price (second left), father Brian (left) and mother Tatum (right)
Tributes have been flooding in for the schoolboy. His headmaster, Chris Parry, said the school was 'shocked and devastated at the terrible news'.
Officers have started searching the park, pictured today, and marking out evidence after they said the death was being treated as unexplained
Police pictured today in the park near where the boy was found, where a crime scene remains in place
Tatum Price also posted on Facebook 'I'm broken my life is over' as tributes flooded in for her son and flowers were left in the park.
Family friend Kelly Wall said it was 'devastating news' and that Tatum and her partner Brian were 'one of the loveliest couples' she knows.
Friend Emma Miles also said online: 'We are all thinking of you Tatum and your family at this heartbreaking time.'
Chris Parry, his head teacher as Lewis School Pengam, said everyone at the school was 'shocked and devastated at the
