By The newspaper
Mar 28, 2024, 02:29 AM EDT
A 16-year-old student had severe consequences from a “blunt head trauma,” which was caused “accidentally,” said the Los Angeles medical examiner, after delivering the report, several days after the death of the student. young.
According to authorities, they specified that Shaylee Mejía died 10 days after being involved in a fight at her school. On March 5, Mejía had an argument that led to blows with some of her classmates from Manual Arts High School.
The 16-year-old girl was new to that school and, according to the Los Angeles Times, her classmates always picked on her. On the day of the fight she arrived at her house and for several days she complained of a severe headache.
He fainted and was unconscious
Days later, Mejía fainted at a birthday party and a friend took her to the hospital. When her mother arrived, the teenager was unconscious and in serious condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage, the Los Angeles Times reported.
While Shaylee Mejia remained in the hospital, she never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead on March 15. Days later, after carrying out the laboratory studies, the forensic investigator and the forensic doctor reported that Mejía’s death was an accident caused by a previous injury.
Mrs. Juarez, Shaylee’s mother, first learned that her daughter had allegedly been bullied at school. The teenager confessed to her mother that she was being bullied for being a new student at the Manual Arts High School.
In December, Shaylee got into a fight with blows, this being the first time it happened, but according to the same media outlet she said that she had been badly battered in various parts of her body.
The school ignored the attacks
Shaylee’s mother showed up at the school to complain about what had happened to her daughter, but she believes that they did not pay attention and of course, that they did not take the necessary measures to draw the attention of the abusive young women and defend her daughter. .
At the moment, there is no information if the California authorities will take action on the matter in relation to the students who caused the head trauma to Shaylee Mejía and which led to her death, as revealed by the medical examiner.
With information from Los Angeles Time
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