She sent text messages to a family member after the incident describing what happened.
According to the Oklahoma medical examiner’s report, Benedict died of an overdose of Benadryl and Prozac. A report stated that "handwritten notes ‘suggestive of self-harm’ were found in Nex's room by family members, and that the teen had a history of ‘bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, self-harm (cutting)." That didn't stop President Joe Biden from issuing a statement on the incident, because of course he did: "Nonbinary and transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know.
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