Victims of the deadly tornadoes: Family of five and their grandmother are confirmed dead in the Kentucky tornado
CNNCNN — The horrific tornadoes that ripped through as many as eight states late Friday and early Saturday are being blamed for at least 88 deaths, officials said, and family members and friends of the victims are reeling from the losses. Rachael Brown, 36, Steven Brown, 35, Nariah Cayshelle Brown, 16, Nolynn Brown, 8, Nyles Brown, 4, and Victoria Smith, 64 Six family members lost their lives when a tornado hit their home in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Friday night, a relative told CNN. Oaklynn Koon, 2 months Two-month-old Oaklynn Koon died Monday morning from injuries she sustained when a tornado hit her grandmother’s home in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, her paternal grandmother, Audrey Carman, told CNN. Clayton Cope, 29 The family of Clayton Cope, a 29-year-old US Navy veteran, confirmed to CNN he died when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Friday night. His mother, Carla Cope, told CNN her son was “a really good kid.” He would have turned 30 on December 27, she said.
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