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Thanks so much for sharing this heartbreaking update.An autopsy report states that a 12-year-old boy, who died less than 24 hours after arriving at the Lake Toxaway-based camp, died of “smothering” and ruled it a homicide.
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Trails Carolina camper death ruled homicide by asphyxiation, autopsy shows
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — An autopsy report is shedding light after a child died earlier this year at a troubled teen camp in western North Carolina. An autopsy report states that a 12-yea…myfox8.com
Thanks! From your link:An autopsy report states that a 12-year-old boy, who died less than 24 hours after arriving at the Lake Toxaway-based camp, died of “smothering” and ruled it a homicide.
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Trails Carolina camper death ruled homicide by asphyxiation, autopsy shows
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — An autopsy report is shedding light after a child died earlier this year at a troubled teen camp in western North Carolina. An autopsy report states that a 12-yea…myfox8.com
WTH after the prior restlessness the counselor took him out of the sleeping bag which apparently helped the kid fall asleep. So counselor then wakes him to put him back in, causing another incident.
I do wonder who, if anyone, will be charged. The staffer who was ill trainded and supervised who should have checked on him? The person who decided to use the faulty bivy and add the opaque makeshift cover? The people in control of the camp who've been profitting off it at the expense of the physical and mental wellbeing of children?
Exactly! After all, it is ultimately the administrator’s responsibility to ensure their employees are following the proper health and safety protocols. The buck stops here and all that.Number three should be charged. At least the staffers took responsibility, which I doubt the camp admin will do.
JMO
The bruising on his leg makes me wonder if he was held down and suffocated?According to a Medical Examiner’s report obtained and then published by FOX Carolina, the child, who has not been identified in the media, was "smothered" and died from asphyxiation, and his death has been ruled a homicide
The Medical Examiner's report released this month notes that the child suffered a "swelling of the brain" and "mild injuries" on his legs.
The report states that he was placed in a bivy — a small camping tent resembling a sleeping bag — on the night before his death.
Camp protocol requires each bivy to have an opening that holds an "alarm" to notify cabin counselors if the occupant tries to exit, per the report.
Because the internal mesh on the boy's bivy was "torn," the opening of the bivy was replaced by an outer layer, which was opaque. Therefore, cabin counselors who checked on him throughout the night couldn't actually see him, the report states.
He "stopped moving" inside the bivy around 1 a.m., per the report. When emergency personnel arrived after being called around 8 a.m., they determined he had likely been dead for a few hours, the report states.
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Cause of Death Revealed for Boy, 12, Found Dead at N.C. 'Troubled Teen' Wilderness Camp
The boy was found unresponsive on the campsite at Trails Carolina on Feb. 3, a day after he arrived therepeople.com
I wondered how willingly he reentered the bivy after having been allowed out to "calm down". Was he forced back in? Or did the mild injuries simply come from him struggling around inside of it trying to find a way to breathe?The bruising on his leg makes me wonder if he was held down and suffocated?
Is this the first time the victim's name has been in MSM?![]()
Shock coroner's report reveals boy, 12, killed at Trails Carolina camp
Clark Harman was already in rigor mortis by the time he was found dead by staff at the Trails Carolina wilderness camp on the morning of February 3.www.dailymail.co.uk
Article has a photo of a “bivy” which might be helpful to those here who aren’t familiar with that style of sleeping bag.
What bothers me is not only that they covered the only air intake - the mesh section, but he was in the bivy with his head down the small, FEET end. Opposite end from where the air came in. Was this protocol? Other survivors are describing the claustrophobic, suffocating experience of being put in this thing and then wrapped and pinned down with a tarp. It was inevitable someone was going to die. No air, wrong way in, and pinned to the floor. I bet some of the survivors got brain damage from the anoxia.iamshadow, I noticed that too. I had not seen his name prior. I wonder if his family will speak out through a lawyer soon.
It's sad to see his alleged diagnoses in print. It says he had ADHD, migraines, and social challenges. The mention of migraines strikes me, I guess...
All in my opinion only: The article further makes it sound like the staff altered the bivy spontaneously on the spot as if there wasn't a clear policy about what to do, and they had to figure something out. Not making excuses for grown adults creating a fatal environment, but I hope their training, policies, procedures, etc. will be clarified in court.