Overview
- A 19-year-old woman, Caitlyn Whitley, discovered her father Paul John Whitley, 50, unresponsive in his tent after the first night at Download Festival on June 11 and called her mother for help.
- Emergency crews and festival support staff attended the scene, used a large black gazebo to shield the family, and a volunteer nurse provided immediate assistance before ambulances arrived.
- Leicestershire Police have stated they are not treating the death as suspicious while the official cause remains unknown.
- The family say they do not believe drugs were involved, praised Download Festival's TLC team for supporting them, and have launched a GoFundMe to cover funeral costs.
- The coroner told the family that confirming the formal cause of death could take up to 15 weeks, reflecting the standard post-mortem and coronial procedures that can take weeks to complete.