Colorado authorities dominated that faculty scholar Megan Trussell died from a suicide after her physique was found in “hard-to-reach” terrain practically 4 months in the past — however her mother and father are demanding an extra investigation into their daughter’s dying.
Trussell, a freshman on the College of Colorado Boulder, died “as the result of the toxic effects of amphetamine” and hypothermia was a contributing issue, Boulder County Coroner Jeff Martin wrote in a press launch printed on Tuesday.
“It is a further opinion, that the manner of death is Suicide. Our opinion was based on several factors including but not limited to toxicology results and the presence of undigested prescription medication found during the examination,” Martin stated.
Police don’t consider Trussell was bodily harmed or killed based mostly on their “comprehensive investigation and forensic findings.”
“We have found no evidence to suggest that Megan was physically harmed or killed by another person,” police claimed.
The 18-year-old was final seen leaving the college’s Boulder campus, positioned 30 miles northwest of Denver, alone sporting dark-colored yoga pants, a blue/grey jacket and white sneakers on Feb. 9.
On Feb 12, Trussell was reported lacking. Her physique was discovered on Boulder Canyon Drive, simply outdoors of town, on Feb. 15.
“The decedent was found in hard-to-reach terrain, requiring a technical evacuation including the need to rappel,” in response to the sheriff’s workplace.
Within the findings launched on Tuesday, Martin acknowledged that the “heartbreaking” investigation took longer than many hoped, however wished that this could give Trussell’s family members closure.
Officers arrested Elliot Michael Beafore, a 50-year-old homeless man, and accused him of stealing Megan’s telephone and promoting it at a grocery retailer kiosk in Boulder.
Beafore was charged with theft and false declaration to a pawnbroker and has been launched on bond.
Vanessa Diaz and Joe Trussell don’t consider their daughter died by self-harm and accused officers of speeding to their findings.
“We just got the impression that … maybe they were either over their heads or too busy with other cases to give this case the attention that it deserved,” Joe instructed 9 Information Denver.
“There was a conversation in which we were told that, based on the evidence that they had, they believed that it was a suicide, and that was two weeks after Megan was found. So, it seemed like kind of a rush to judgment.”
Megan’s mother and father insisted there have been no indicators that she needed to finish her life.
“There’s too much outstanding evidence, too many strings attached [and] too many things that don’t add up with her behavior with her history [and] with where she was found,” her father instructed 9 Information Denver.
Megan’s mother and father claimed the coroner knowledgeable them on Tuesday morning that the teenager had bruising on the again of her head, chipped tooth and blunt pressure trauma, however the coroner didn’t assume these accidents contributed to her dying, in response to 9 Information Denver.
“That, to me, also sounds like a struggle or something that was happening to her against her will, like shoving pills down her throat and holding her mouth with force to cause bruising on her head,” Diaz instructed the outlet whereas including that there was a lacking shoe that seemingly was not recovered.
The Submit has reached out to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Workplace for remark.
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