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.
Is this not the teen who was assaulted in a restroom, received a head trauma as a result, was given half assed medical care, then died like 14 hours later? How is that suicide?
Nex actually was the first to commit an assault, by throwing water on some girls that in all likelihood totally deserved it.
It does appear to be a suicide by intentional overdose of two prescription medications. It seems overwhelmingly likely that the fight/beating contributed, but that doesn’t amount to murder.
Neither Benadryl nor Prozac are known to be fatal. The levels found in Nex’s system were not elevated. There are no known conflicts with the drugs. Please stop spreading these conservative lies to cover another murder by conservatives.
Since when can a minor legally consent to mutual combat?
Right? Also, since when does “mutual combat” involving a death not result in a charge to anyone?
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.
