An autopsy report released by Oklahoma s medical examiner Wednesday detailed head trauma suffered by Nex Benedict, the nonbinary youth whose death last month after a school fight sparked national anger, even as it ruled the death a suicide.
Nonbinary teen Nex Benedict left handwritten notes “suggestive of self-harm” before dying by suicide, according to the final autopsy result – which found “no lethal trauma” despite head injuries from a school fight a day earlier.
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The death of Nex Benedict following a school fight has cast a glaring light on Oklahoma and the city where it happened over the safety of transgender and gay children.