Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:07:27 -0500
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On 3/15/24 3:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> A medical examiner has determined that the death of Oklahoma "nonbinary"
> teenager Nex Benedict, which became a national news story based on media
> suggestions that the teen died from a beating by bullies, actually died from
> an intentional drug overdose.
> 
> In a statement, the Owasso Police Department said it waited to release the
> cause of death until the toxicology report was completed, KJRH reported. That
> toxicology report indicates that Benedict died by suicide, the result of an
> overdose of Diphenhydramine and Fluoxetine, or, Benadryl and Prozac.
> 
> "From the beginning of this investigation, Owasso Police observed many
> indications that this death was the result of suicide," the police statement
> said. "However, investigators did not wish to confirm that information
> without the final results being presented by the Oklahoma Medical Examiners
> Office."
> 
> The original narrative surrounding Benedict's death was that the teen died as
> a result of a beating from three girls who had been bullying Benedict and
> Benedict's friends. Teen Vogue reported 


Teen Vogue?  That pillar of journalistic integrity got it wrong?  How 
can this be?