After the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office reported in a Feb. 6 news release that Trails Camp had “not completely cooperated” with an investigation following the Feb. 3 death of a 12-year-old boy at the wilderness therapy camp in Lake Toxaway, Trails Camp said the claim wasn’t true.
“The Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office press release distributed to the media on Feb. 7, 2024, does not present an accurate account of the facts nor the current state of the investigation,” Trails Carolina said in a Feb. 8 news release.
Trails Carolina said the 12-year-old had enrolled at the camp on Feb. 2. The camp said that at approximately 8 a.m. Feb. 3, staff called 911 when the student did not respond to attempts to wake him. The student was unable to be resuscitated by emergency personnel.
Trails Carolina and the sheriff’s office agree on those facts but not others. One of the main things Trails Carolina disagreed with was how the sheriff’s office said there was no cooperation with the investigation.