Memorial set up for 5yearold killed in Lexington home explosion
Apr 14, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A memorial has recently been set up in Lexington, Missouri, for 5-year-old Alistair, who died last week in a home explosion.
“It’s going to be heartbreaking to not see him with her,” Grandmother Camillia Lamb said about Alistair and his big sister.
His maternal grandmo
ther reached out to FOX4 to share more about his life and the heartbreak her side of his family is experiencing.
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Lamb says Alistair loved Spiderman and was looking forward to the Easter Bunny’s upcoming visit.
“I just want people to know that he was here. He mattered. He mattered in this world,” maternal grandmother, Camilila Lamb shared with FOX4.
Lamb says she was watching her two grandchildren Alistair and Cami just days prior to the fatal explosion.
“Lil’ Alistair would come to me and say, 'Nana, I miss my mom.'" I would say 'I know you do. I miss her too. She’s in heaven with Jesus now and she’s with Pop-Pop.'”
Lil’ Cami was named after, her grandmother, Camillia Lamb. There’s a five year difference between she and her younger brother, Alistair.
“She’s a very proud big brother to him,” she added.
Lamb says she is in shock, adding what took place hasn’t yet set in.
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"That he’s gone,” she said about Alistair. “It’s devastating to see (Cami) like that. Her hair has been singed and just burns,” she said talking about Cami, after seeing her the night of the explosion at a local hospital.
She says lil’ Cami lived with her for over four years. She claims, now, she’s been unable to see Cami in the hospital in Kansas City.
“I just hope and pray I get to see my granddaughter again,” she said. “She lost her real father. Her biologic father died just months before she was born. Her mother passed away when she was nine. Her Pop-Pop passed away just recently, and now her little brother.” ...read more read less