Alex Green: Dad found dead on sofa just days before his twin daughters were about to turn one

Chloe Powles, 34, and her partner, Alex Green, 30, got back together in 2023 after Alex reached out on Snapchat.

They never left each other's side again and welcomed twin daughters, Livie and Georgina, on August 22, 2024. The couple were gearing up to celebrate their twins' first birthday when on August 20 this year, Chloe went downstairs to find Alex on the sofa.

The family don't yet know the cause of death, with a post-mortem examination yet to be concluded.

Chloe, a stay-at-home mum from Pencoed, Wales, said: "It doesn't feel real. I wish I could not be OK, to hide away and grieve, but I have to get up every day for the girls. It is the worst pain in the world, you can't even describe it – I can't put it into words. It is a pain that I have never felt before."

Chloe and Alex were together during school, but had lost contact until July 2023, when Alex messaged her on Snapchat.

Initially, Chloe dismissed his message, but the pair decided to go on a date for a walk down the Porthcawl beach.

Chloe said: "He sent me a message on Snapchat, and I messaged him to be like 'Oh, whatever'. He was good-looking and one of the boys; he kept pushing, so I gave in and we went on a date. We hit it off straight away, and we never left each other's side since."

In 2023, Chloe and Alex found out they were expecting their first child together and during their first scan in March that year, the pair learned they would be expecting twins.

Chloe said: "When they told us that we were having twins, it was the biggest shock of our lives. There are no twins on either side of the family – it was madness."

During the pregnancy, doctors noticed that Livie wasn't growing as much as Georgina – but doctors couldn't pinpoint the reason.

Chloe and Alex welcomed their daughters via C-section on August 22, 2024, and they spent two months in the NICU to grow.

At one month old, doctors diagnosed Livie with Russell-Silver syndrome – a rare growth disorder.

And at six months old, Georgina was diagnosed with tumours in both eyes – after her parents realised her eyes weren't following them – for which she is undergoing chemotherapy.

Chloe said: "Alex was an amazing dad, we lived in the hospital for most of their first year – but he was amazing about it all. He was the one who realised that Georgina's eyes weren't following, and he kept telling doctors that something was wrong."

On August 19, 2025, Chloe said they had a "perfect day" visiting friends and family.

Around 2am on August 20, Chloe was in bed with Georgina and Livie when Alex came up to bed, but said he couldn't get in with them as he would wake the girls up – so he decided to sleep on the sofa.

At 8am, when Chloe went downstairs to start the day, Alex was sitting upright, blue in the face, and Chloe said she immediately knew he was dead.

Chloe said: "I went downstairs at 8am, he was sitting up blue and stiff. I knew he was dead, I ran round to my neighbours asking if they could help do CPR until the ambulance came.

"The ambulance turned up, his family arrived, it was crazy – I still can't get my head around it."

Two days later, Livie and Georgina celebrated their first birthday.

"It was crazy, if I had it my way, I wouldn't have done anything, but our family were keen," Chloe said. "As soon as our family started singing Happy Birthday, I had to leave the room. It still doesn't seem real to me, I can't put the pain into words."

A friend has started a funding page for Livie and Georgina who are both undergoing medical treatment - to donate, click here.