What happened to Mikayla Miller?
Ryan, in a press conference on May 4, denied claims that her office was not investigating the case. She said investigators had questioned several witnesses, including the teens who were allegedly involved in a fight with Miller on April 17.
Ryan said Miller got into a fight with one teenage boy and one teenage girl. Ryan also said all five teens who were present that night were not in the area where Miller’s body was found, based on witness, video and electronic evidence.
During a rally that drew several hundred people on May 6 in downtown Hopkinton, Strothers said: Given everything that has transpired over the past few weeks, I want to make sure that I am clear about my goals in all of this: It s to have full transparency and get justice for my daughter.”
MetroWest Daily News
HOPKINTON, Mass. A Massachusetts medical examiner’s office has ruled that Mikayla Miller, a Black teenager whose body was found near her home in a Boston suburb last month, died by suicide.
On Tuesday, the Hopkinton Town Clerk’s Office received notification from the medical examiner’s office and issued Miller’s death certificate, which listed her death as asphixia by hanging and the manner of death as suicide.
Miller, 16, was found dead on April 18 in a wooded area by a jogger roughly a mile from her home in Hopkinton. The Middlesex County District Attorney s Office had previously said the death was not suspicious
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Violence in Boston says independent autopsy results will be released
Strothers could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. Monica Cannon-Grant, of Violence in Boston, also could not be immediately reached.
However, on Tuesday, in an online talk show called “Java With Jimmy,” Cannon-Grant said an independent autopsy has been completed and she plans to release its results on Thursday.
Cannon-Grant also claimed Ryan’s office leaked information to a news source about criminal charges filed last year against Strothers for allegedly striking Miller. Cannon-Grant said the charges are expected to be dropped in July.
Ryan, in a statement on Tuesday, said her office has spoken to the attorney of Miller’s family about the ruling, but did not say what that conversation entailed.
Violence in Boston says independent autopsy results will be released
Strothers could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. Monica Cannon-Grant, of Violence in Boston, also could not be immediately reached.
However, on Tuesday, in an online talk show called “Java With Jimmy,” Cannon-Grant said an independent autopsy has been completed and she plans to release its results on Thursday.
Cannon-Grant also claimed Ryan’s office leaked information to a news source about criminal charges filed last year against Strothers for allegedly striking Miller. Cannon-Grant said the charges are expected to be dropped in July.
Ryan, in a statement on Tuesday, said her office has spoken to the attorney of Miller’s family about the ruling, but did not say what that conversation entailed.