Medical examiner rules Nex Benedict died by suicide
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has released part of the results of the investigation into the Feb. 8 death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old transgender teenager who had experienced bullying at his high school culminating in an assault that made national headlines.
KOTV/KQCW in Tulsa reported Wednesday afternoon that the medical examiner’s report disclosed that Benedict died by suicide and did not die as a direct result of trauma from the physical altercation at Owasso High School in Owasso, Okla., on Feb.
7, 2024. Page one of the report states that Benedict’s death was caused by an overdose of Benadryl and Prozac. The full medical examiner’s report will be released on March 27, KOTV/KQCW also reported.
After a year of being bullied over his trans identity, Benedict was involved in a fight in a bathroom in early February in which three girls allegedly beat him.
