Oklahoma student Nex Benedict’s cause of death revealed
by Mike Bedigan
Mar 13, 2024
4 minutes
Nonbinary Oklahoma student Nex Benedict died by suicide, an autopsy report by the state Medical Examiner has concluded.
According to the report, acquired by The Independent on Wednesday, the 16-year-old’s manner of death was suicide, while the probably cause was listed as “Diphenhydramine and Fluoxetine combined toxicity”.
Diphenhydramine and Fluoxetine are commonly known as Benadryl and Prozac.
The teenager was beaten unconscious inside a school bathroom on 7 February, at the Owasso High School in Oklahoma. They died the following day.
Owasso Police Department also confirmed the ruling on Nex’s cause of death. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the department wrote: “From
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