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Nex Benedict’s Family Gave Handwritten ‘Self-Harm’ Notes to Police: Report
9 minutes Posted Apr 2, 2024 at 8:38 pm.
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The full report from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the nonbinary teenager, whose death sparked international headlines and responses, died from suicide despite initial reports and claims linking the death to a fight at school. According to a copy of the full report released Wednesday and obtained by Chalkboard News, the chief medical examiner's office confirmed Nex Benedict died by suicide from “diphenhydramine and fluoxetine combined toxicity” and not lethal trauma from a fight. Benedict's family had provided law enforcement with handwritten notes about self-harm which the medical examiner used to determine the death was a suicide on Feb. 9, the report said.