‘Something Is Off’: Fans Question Mother’s Actions After Disabled Former Child Star is Abandoned in Los Angeles Fire

As Rory Sykes’ mother, Shelley Sykes, tearfully mourns him, she is simultaneously receiving backlash for leaving him behind to die in the Palisades fires.& On Jan. 9, Shelley Sykes announced the death of her 32-year-old son, a former child actor in the British TV show “Kiddy Kapers.” “It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of my beautiful son @Rorysykes to the Malibu fires yesterday. I’m totally heart broken,” Shelley wrote via a lengthy post on X. “@Rorysykes was born blind with cerebral palsy & had difficulty walking. He overcame so much with surgeries & therapies to regain his sight & to be able to learn to walk. Despite the pain, he still enthused about traveling the world with me from Africa to Antarctica.” After naming Rory’s many accomplishments in life, Shelley went on to explain how the fire claimed his life, and how she and his pet peacocks will miss him dearly. “@Rorysykes had his own cottage on our 17 acre Mount Malibu TV Studio estate, decked out with all the latest apple gadgets, which burnt down yesterday 8 Jan 2024 Malibu Fires. I couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose...