The death of a nonbinary high school student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom has been ruled a suicide by the state medical examiner's office. A summary autopsy report released on Wednesday has determined that Nex Benedict had toxic levels of two drugs in their system.
FILE - In this image provided Malia Pila, Nex Benedict poses outside the family’s home in Owasso, Okla., in December 2023. The death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom, has been ruled a suicide, the state medical examiner’s office said Wednesday, March 13, 2024. FILE - A photograph of Nex Benedict, who died a day after a fight in a high school bathroom, is projected during a candlelight service at Point A Gallery, Feb.
In a 911 call on Feb. 8, Sue Benedict — the teen’s grandmother and legal guardian — had expressed concern about a head injury. The teenager was conscious and alert after the fight a day earlier when they told police about the attack by three girls that occurred after the teen squirted them with water,Students walk out of Oklahoma high school where nonbinary student was beaten and later diedThe report shows Benedict had toxic levels of two drugs in their system and died of an overdose.
“And so I went up there and I poured water on them, and then all three of them came at me,” Benedict tells the officer from a hospital bed.
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