Sydney Weston Cause of Death: 8-Year-Old Missouri Girl Who Died Mid-Flight While on Vacation with Family Suffered from Five Different Illnesses [Video]

An 8-year-old Missouri girl, who died unexpectedly after becoming ill on a flight to Chicago in June, was afflicted with at least five different illnesses at the time of her death, a new medical examiner’s report has revealed. Sydney Weston fell ill and became unresponsive on a SkyWest flight from Joplin, Missouri, to Chicago on June 13, while traveling with her family.

The flight was then rerouted to Peoria, Illinois, around 45 minutes after takeoff and was forced to make an emergency landing. However, Sydney could not be saved. The elementary schooler was pronounced dead at the hospital, with the medical examiner now attributing her death to chronic primary adrenalitis.

Multiple Illness Killed Her

Chronic primary adrenalitis is a condition where the adrenal glands fail to produce sufficient amounts of the hormones cortisol and aldosterone. She also had several infections, including enterovirus and strep, according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood.

According to 25 …