Brady and Princess Simms, the married couple who died in their Nassau Village home last week, had installed a generator only hours earlier, their son said yesterday.

Dominic Simms was their only son. "The generator was actually the cause," Simms said, when he spoke to The Nassau Guardian in the house where his parents took their last breaths; the same home he grew up in.

"However, it was not in the house; it was in the washroom that is off from the house and the (carbon monoxide) poison managed to seep through [the roof] and subsequently killed both of my parents."

The Simms were found unresponsive in their home at #22 Butler Street, along with their seven-month old granddaughter, Dior Williams.

Dior survived; the only joy in the tragedy for the family, according to Simms. Dior turned seven-months-old on the day her grandparents died.

He said Dior remains in hospital, but has been released from the Intensive Care Unit. "She should be released in a few days. She's coming on good," he said.

Clutching a frame of his parents' pictures, the 37-year-old explained that last Thursday at around 7 a.m., the nightmare for him began to unravel.

"I received a call from my sister [and] she questioned me as to where my parents were," he said. "I guess she had just arrived home from work. I told her I had no idea and she [hung] up.

"Moments later, she called back again. She was [frantic], so I told her to make checks of the house and hung up.

"The babysitter called me back and informed me that they had found my parents dead -- both of them.

"As a result of that, I came home where I saw both of my parents lying on the floor, being worked on. But they were already gone." Simms explained that there was an electrical problem at his parents' home, which prompted them to purchase a generator for the first time. "

Electricity went off at around 2:00 p.m.," he said.

"They went out that evening because it was not repaired and they got a generator from Kelly's.

"It didn't take more than eight hours from the time they purchased the generator, into the wee hours of the morning, for all that poison to get into their systems and for them to subsequently die."

Simms, who has been a police officer for 17 years, confirmed to The Guardian that an autopsy report has listed carbon monoxide poisoning as his parents' cause of death. Simms said when reality set in, it was a blow to him.

"I almost hit the roof," he said, fighting back tears. "I lost it temporarily."

Simms said although every day since the tragedy has been hard, he and his two sisters are coping as best they can with the loss of their parents. "Everyone has their moments," he said.

"Most of the time when I am home, I have my moments and I'll be down for hours throughout the day. "We were like brothers and sisters, a really good relationship. My mom loved me and she always bragged about me to everybody.

"To everyone who knew her, she bragged about her one son.

"My father, likewise, we always did things together. "We traveled together, did it all together. Now they are no longer here." Princess Simms was an employee at the Ministry of Tourism.

Brady Simms was a bailiff at the Supreme Court and a member of the Royal Bahamas Police Force Reserves. Through the tragedy, Simms said his family has received tons of support and thanked the Ministry of Tourism, the Royal Bahamas Police Force, family, friends and others.

"Having people around you encourages you that life can go on," he said. "Love you, mom and dad and I miss y'all already."

The couple's funeral is set for June 1 at Bahamas Faith Ministries.

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