The parents of Megan Trussell hired a private investigator to dig deeper into the University of Colorado student’s February death.
The big picture: The family says the official investigation left too many unanswered questions about how the 18-year-old died — and they believe the PI could uncover what law enforcement did not.
- Trussell’s death was ruled a suicide due to amphetamine toxicity and hypothermia, but the family said they do not believe their daughter took her own life and felt the investigation by the Boulder County sheriff’s and coroner’s offices was not thorough.
The latest: At the family’s request, the Boulder County Coroner’s Office conducted a test on a softball-size mass found in Trussell’s stomach.
- The test results in mid-July confirmed only the presence of ethanol from decomposition and amphetamine, the key ingredient in Adderall, for which Trussell had a prescription.
- But the family said the test still does not prove Trussell took the pills willingly or how she obtained enough pills to create such a mass in her stomach.
What he’s saying: “One thing that kind of gets me is how it’s being portrayed that this is conclusive,” father Joe Trussell said. “It’s not. It’s another piece of evidence that raises more questions than answers.”…