Medical examiner rules Michigan teenโs death homicide, 3 charged
Cornelius Fredericks, 16, died May 1, two days after he lost consciousness while being restrained by staff at Lakeside Academy. The Kalamazoo County Medical Examinerโs office confirmed Fredericksโ manner and cause of death was a homicide. Getting, who called Fredericksโ death a โtragedy beyond description,โ said the accused employees are expected to turn themselves in for arraignment but didnโt say when that would happen. Sequel said it fired the three workers involved in Fredericks' death and relieved the executive director of Lakeside Academy of his duties. Earlier Wednesday, attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who represents Fredericksโ family, called for charges to be filed in the teenโs death.