Man Found Dead in Tent at Download Festival Age 50

A 19-year-old woman discovered her father dead in his tent at the Download Festival in Castle Donington on June 11, an incident authorities are not treating as suspicious. Caitlyn Whitley, from Sittingbourne, Kent, was camping next to her father, Paul John Whitley, 50, when she found him unresponsive that morning.

Caitlyn said she woke around 9 a.m. and called out to her father, but received no answer. When she entered his tent around 10:30 a.m., she found him on his knees at the front of the tent, cold and motionless. She described his position as if he had been trying to crawl out. Unable to move him, she frantically called her mother, Emmilou Firshman, 49, who arrived with her partner, Scott, to help pull Mr. Whitley from the tent.

Emmilou recounted entering the tent and finding him in a strange position, unresponsive and cold to the touch. She said a festival volunteer who was a nurse rushed to help upon hearing their distress. Emergency services, including police and ambulance crews, later erected a large gazebo to provide the family with privacy.

Leicestershire Police stated they are not treating the death as suspicious. A coroner informed Caitlyn that confirming the...