The family and other representatives of deceased Black LGBTQ teen Mikayla Miller continued their push for an independent, transparent investigation on Wednesday following news that the her death last month was officially ruled a suicide.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who also represented the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, spearheaded the group’s dispute of the Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner determination that Miller died by self-asphyxiation last month during a press conference Wednesday. Crump said that Miller’s death being ruled a suicide “defies common sense,” claiming that Miller’s body was upright when it was found unlike previous reports which stated she was found hanging.
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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.
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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.
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The NBC10 Boston Investigators have obtained an email which indicates Mikayla Miller’s ex-girlfriend reached out to a school guidance counselor several days before her death, expressing concern about her mental health. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The certificate concluded Mikayla died from asphyxia by hanging. 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.
Several days before her death on April 12, Mikayla’s ex-girlfriend contacted a guidance counselor at Hopkinton High School.
Ex Warned Of Hopkinton Teen's Mental State Before Death: Report - Holliston-Hopkinton, MA - The death of Mikayla Miller, 16, has been ruled a suicide by a state medical examiner. But family and activists reject that determination.