BOY, 12, DEAD AFTER 24 HOURS AT CAMP, FOUND WITHOUT PANTS: RULED HOMICIDE

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The death of a boy, who dies in his first night at Trails Carolina, has been ruled a homicide.

The autopsy report of the 12-year-old says the cause of death is asphyxia due to smothering. Trails Carolina has the troubled youths sleeping in bivies that are placed on top of a thick plastic sheet that is folded up the sides in the form of a canoe.

The mesh in the bivy being torn and replaced with the weather-resistant door secured with an alarm that would alert if someone tries getting out of the bivy. Counselors check on the boy during the night, but can't actually see him because of the door that is being used. The autopsy notes that instructions for the bivy sack readily available online warn against zipping the solid outer layer completely shut.

When counselors try to wake the boy in the morning, they find he is cold and stiff. His body is turned 180 degrees from the entrance and his feet are near the opening, which the autopsy report says would have allowed the waterproof material to fall onto his face and head.

The report also says the boy was placed in this compromised sleeping area by others and did not have the ability to remove himself from the situation with the alarm securing the opening. Standard protocol was deviated from due to using a damaged bivy and securing the outer weather resistant door instead of the inner mesh panel."

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Leanne Roberts - Attended Trails Carolina camp at age 12
Meg Appelgate - Co-founder and CEO of Unsilenced, Victim of troubled teen industry and advocate for survivors, Author: "Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry';" TikTok and IG: @megappelgate/TikTok and IG: Unsilenced_now
Caryn L. Stark – Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych/FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
Dr. Eric Eason – Board-certified Forensic Pathologist, Consultant; Instagram: @eric_a_eason, Facebook: Eric August Eason, LinkedIn: Eric Eason, MD
Nick Ochsner – Executive Producer & Chief Investigative Reporter, WBTV

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0:00.0	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. A little boy just 12 years old, what is that,
0:09.8	fifth grade, is dead after just 24 hours at summer camp found dead without his pants.
0:21.2	In the last hours ruled a homicide.
0:24.3	Good evening, I'm Nancy Grace.
0:26.2	This is crime stories.
0:27.5	Thank you for being with us.
0:29.3	A 12-year-old boy dies just 24 hours after arriving at a wilderness therapy camp.
0:37.2	His death now ruled a homicide.
0:41.0	Good Lord in heaven. You send your child away to a wellness camp for his own good on beautiful
0:50.6	trails and forested areas in Carolina and at less than 24 hours at
0:56.6	camp he's dead in the last hours this little boy's death has been ruled a homicide. With me an
1:06.1	all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now including an
1:09.2	investigative reporter, a renowned medical examiner, therapist, and importantly, the co-founder CEO of
1:19.2	unsilenced a victim of the troubled teen industry and a beautiful young woman who attended the camp at just age 12 like this little boy as I like to do with juries when I can let's go back to
1:38.2	when this happened and hear the 911 call.
1:42.0	Station 8, included base.
1:44.0	Some constant response is 500 whining Jeff Road,
1:47.0	12th Carolina, 12th or 0th.
1:50.0	8-11. Service 81 is in R round CD.
1:53.0	Copy.
1:55.0	Yvesreast.
1:57.0	He is responding.
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