New details from search warrants obtained by HuffPost revealed that a 12-year-old boy who was found dead and naked from the waist down at a North Carolina camp for “troubled” youths may have ingested poison.
The boy, identified only as “CJH” by the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, was found dead on Feb. 3, less than 24 hours after arriving at Trails Carolina, a “therapeutic wilderness program” south of Asheville, North Carolina.
According to the warrants, detectives found the child’s body inside a bunk house. The body was positioned on its back with the knees bent upward. Investigators noted that the body was cold and stiff, with possible bruising around an eye.
Toxaway Falls at the outfall of Lake Toxaway in North Carolina, with the Toxaway River below. The Trails Carolina wilderness camp is located at Lake Toxaway, south of Asheville.
Detectives noted that the boy was not wearing pants or underwear when authorities found the body and that the clothing items were next to his shoulder. When asked how the pants got there, the camp counselors told detectives they were unsure.