An Oklahoma district attorney says he doesn't plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide.

An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide.

Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement that after reviewing the investigation by the Owasso Police Department, he agreed with an assessment from detectives that the fight between the teen and three girls was an “instance of mutual combat” and that charges were not warranted.

    • qwertyqwertyqwerty
      70·
      9 months ago

      Right? Also, since when does “mutual combat” involving a death not result in a charge to anyone?

      • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        I believe adults would be charged for assault, though proving that this fight “caused” Nix’s death is much harder. If the suicide note says something about it, there would still be a tough case.

          • megabat@lemm.ee
            7·
            9 months ago

            A bunch of your comments in this thread are saying things that disagree with the details in the article and another that’s linked in this one. Where are you getting this info? Because Apnews is one of the few I trust. I’m trying to ascertain if you’re worth listening to over the medical examiner that said it was toxic levels of two drugs and that a suicide notes release was up to the family as reported by Apnews.

            “An important part of the Owasso Police Department’s investigation was the discovery of some brief notes, written by Benedict, which appeared to be related to the suicide,” Kunzweiler said. “The precise contents of the suicide note are a personal matter which the family will have to address within the privacy of their own lives.”

            And from a link in the linked article.

            The report shows Benedict had toxic levels of two drugs in their system and died of an overdose. A complete autopsy will be released in 10 days in accordance with state law, the medical examiner’s office said.

            Edit: Furthermore you said

            Neither Benadryl nor Prozac are known to be fatal.

            And this disagrees. https://addictionresource.com/drugs/benadryl/overdose/

            Overdose on Benadryl has been found to be one of the top 15 death-causing drug ODs from the year 2011 through 2016 in the United States.