At first, it seemed like a horrendous hate crime occurring in an Oklahoma high school.
Nex Benedict, who was 16, was biologically female but identified as "non binary". She had complained about "bullying" at the school against her and her friends. A fight in the bathroom occurred involving Nex on February 7th, who despite walking out under her own power, died the next day on the 8th. The altercation occurred between Nex versus three older girls, taking place in the girls bathroom at Owasso High School.
Here's a picture of Nex Benedict:
This tragic story sent the sanctimonious left into an outrage. It appeared that Nex was bullied for her gender identity, attempted to stand up for herself, and then was beaten to death by three girls for doing so. A story went around that the three girls took Nex's head and repeatedly slammed it onto the floor of the bathroom. Many on the left were claiming that this is the new reality, where transgender people are under grave threat of bigoted and deadly attacks against them. Some even histrionically claimed that Trump winning the 2024 election would be the beginning of an extermination process of LGBT people.
However, the release of Nex's texts that day, along with a statement from local police, have raised a lot of questions. In fact, it appears that Nex was not murdered at all, and her death had nothing to do with any injuries sustained in the fight, which had appeared to be minor. Also, it appeared Nex instigated the bathroom fight by pouring water on three girls she didn't like. The fight was said to have lasted for 2 minutes, before being broken up by other girls in the bathroom.
Shortly after the bathroom fight, the following texts were sent by Nex to a friend:
They had been bullying me and my friends and I got tired of it so I poured some water on them and all 3 came after me. School did not report it and is probably going to getting sued
After the ER cleared her injuries as extremely minor and sent her home, Nex texted the same friend:
All good, just scraped and bruises. Got a shot in the butt for my pain but IÂ’m still dizzy and nauseous in the morning. I might have a concussion.
Sometime after that text on the same morning, Nex collapsed, and was pronounced dead at the local hospital.
This would seem to be related to the concussion she claimed to have. However, the police released a report stating:
While the investigation continues into the altercation. Preliminary information from the medical examinerÂ’s office is that a complete autopsy was performed and indicated that
the decedent did not die as a result of trauma. At this time, any further comments on the cause of death are currently pending until toxicology results and other ancillary testing results are received. The official autopsy report will be available at a later date.
The autopsy seemed to reveal the cause of death, and it was NOT a direct result of the fight! The cause was not released, though.
So what was it?
Clearly she wasn't feeling well in the morning prior to collapsing, texting that she was "dizzy and nauseous".
So what killed her, if it wasn't related to the fight?
My guess is that she had a bad reaction to the "shot in the butt" she got at the ER for her pain. It might have reacted with an allergy she didn't know she had, or brought on some other issue, such as an undiagnosed heart condition.
I don't think suicide is likely, because she seemed to be in semi-good spirits when texting the friend, aside from feeling sick.
If it's not a reaction to the shot, another possibility is that she self-medicated the pain, and had an accidental OD.
No charges have been filed, and probably won't be, as the girls hitting Nex after having water thrown on them would not be considered a crime.
Anyway, this most recent news is upsetting to the left, because they were seeking to portray this tragedy as open season on trans people. In this case, it appears Nex followed three girls into the bathroom in order to dump water on them, a small fight broke out, and then something happened after that which killed her, not directly related to the fight.
It is probably true that the three girls had been bullying her, and the water was Nex's revenge plot. Maybe she didn't think they'd actually hit her in response, and they did. But this looks like a typical high school fight with a tragic but mostly unrelated death the following day, and not a savage, bigoted beating of a "non binary" person.
The left cannot accept any of the facts provided, and the current narrative is that the police are lying. Dumb.