(CNN) The family of a Black 16-year-old is demanding accountability and transparency after authorities announced an investigation into the teenager's death last month in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Mikayla Miller's body was found by a jogger in the woods off a walking path during the early morning of April 18, according to a Tuesday news release from the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office. According to activist Tito Jackson, who said he spoke on behalf of Miller's family at a vigil Thursday, police told the family that the teenager had committed suicide. Jackson said Miller's body was found alone, up against a tree, with a belt around her neck. However, the district attorney's office said a ruling on the cause and manner of death is still pending from the Medical Examiner's Office and "no final conclusions have been reached."

Source: CNN May 07, 2021 03:56 UTC