Police are warning of "hurtful social media posts" circulating after the tragic death of 13-year-old Carson Price.
The teenager, from Hengoed , was found unconscious in Ystrad Mynach Park in Caerphilly Road on Friday night but was later pronounced dead.
Gwent Police have since said they are treating the boy's death as unexplained but are focusing on on "illegal substances being a contributing factor" .
On Monday an officer involved in the case issued a warning following reports of hurtful social media posts being put up in the aftermath of the tragedy.
They also say they have been told by the community that there are some hurtful social media posts circulating around the events on Friday night.
Superintendent Nick McLain said: "As I’ve mentioned in previous messages we don’t want to rush to any conclusions about the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Carson Price and our investigation team are focused on finding out what happened that evening.
“Please remember that harassing, threatening, and abusing people on social media can be against the law. Our advice is to be as careful on social media as you would in any other form of communication.
"If you say something about someone which is grossly offensive or is of an indecent, obscene, or menacing character then you could be investigated by the police."
The teenager, described by his family as their "cheeky little boy", was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff after police were called at 7.20pm on Friday. Carson was pronounced dead at hospital later the same day.
Supt Mclain added: "We need to concentrate our efforts on this investigation so please help us by allowing our teams to keep all their efforts focused on it. At this moment we have received no formal reports of this kind but we are being told by the community that this is going on.
"If you have any information at all regarding the incident in Ystrad Mynach Park on Friday please call us on 101 quoting log 523 12/4/19 or you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
A tribute to Carson was released by his family over the weekend.
It read: "Carson was bright and caring, kind and loving, he was a cheeky little boy.
"He was the best big brother and was loved and will be missed by so many.”
Christopher Parry, head teacher at Lewis School Pengam where Carson was a pupil, said: "We are all devastated by this tragic loss.
"We will providing support for pupils in the weeks ahead but in the meantime my thoughts and prayers are with the family.
"There are no words."
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