Updated on May 19, 2021 at 3:49 pm
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The NBC10 Investigators have learned a Hopkinton teen’s death has been ruled a suicide, according to a death certificate filed by the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Mikayla Miller died from asphyxia by hanging, the certificate says. The 16-year-old was found suspended from a tree near a town path on the morning of April 18, according to a search warrant.
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The district attorney’s office said at the time that the death was not considered suspicious but the case remained open and active.
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What happened to Mikayla Miller?
Ryan, in a press conference on May 4, denied claims that her office was not investigating the case. She said investigators had questioned several witnesses, including the teens who were allegedly involved in a fight with Miller on April 17.
Ryan said Miller got into a fight with one teenage boy and one teenage girl. Ryan also said all five teens who were present that night were not in the area where Miller’s body was found, based on witness, video and electronic evidence.
During a rally that drew several hundred people on May 6 in downtown Hopkinton, Strothers said: Given everything that has transpired over the past few weeks, I want to make sure that I am clear about my goals in all of this: It s to have full transparency and get justice for my daughter.”
The man responded, “Not at all.”
Incident type listed as Suicide in log
The police log entry, which was previously removed from the public log, lists several officers going to the scene at 7:04 a.m.
“Calling party reports 16 y/o hung herself in a tree, D.O.A.,” the log item reads. (D.O.A. stands for dead on arrival.)
The dispatcher log entry lists “Incident Type,” as “Suicide.”
In the statement, Bennett said some information could not be released, particularly those involving a fight on April 17 involving Miller and several teens because it is a domestic abuse investigation, which is not allowed to be released to the public. Strothers said her daughter was jumped by five teens, including two with family members on the Hopkinton police force. Ryan has previously said Miller fought with two teens – a boy and a girl.
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Activists rallied in Lowell, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon to call for Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan to step down over her investigation into the death of Hopkinton teen Mikayla Miller.
Mikayla, a 16-year-old from Hopkinton, was found dead in a wooded area on April 18. The day before, she d been hit in a fight with a group of teenagers including her ex-girlfriend. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
What led to Mikayla s death remains under investigation, but Mikayla s mother, Calvina Strothers, and activists have pushed for a faster, more transparent and independent investigation calls that have been backed to different degrees by some elected officials around the Massachusetts.