Infant who was abducted with twin brother dies after feeding accident, family says

The family of Kyair Thomas is feeling heartbreak as police and loved ones confirmed that the baby passed away early Sunday morning.

In December, Kyair was found at the Dayton airport hours after a car he and his twin brother Kason, found later in Indianapolis, were in was stolen- a story that caught the attention of people across the country.

There was so much joy when Kyair and Kason Thomas were finally reunited late last year after they were abducted, but Sunday was a devastating turn of events with word of Kyair’s passing.

The family reached out to WSYX explaining Kyair’s death was an accident.

“I am like in a state of shock for real. I literally, I really am. I am devastated I’m hurt,” Wilma Booker, the aunt of the mother of the twins said.

Booker said that the family is devastated and still trying to come to terms with Kyair’s death.

The family told WSYX that the mother of the twins, Wilhelmina Barnett has been rocked by all of this.

“She’s doing really bad right now,” Booker said. “While I wasn’t exactly right there when it happened, my kids were there. Momo (the twins’ mother’s nickname) was feeding the babies, and one of them started choking on the milk and that’s what happened. She immediately called 911, trying to do chest compression and CPR things to get the baby back at that time. It was just like an accident that happened from feeding the babies and that was it.”

Columbus police were called to the family’s home for a medical emergency. Paramedics and doctors did all they could, but it wasn’t enough.

Loved ones can’t believe something like this could happen after all the family has gone through.