The town of Wylie, Texas is grieving this week after the death of Kaden Case, a 16-year-old sophomore at Wylie High School who died Tuesday afternoon in what his family has confirmed was an intentional car accident that occurred during the school day.
His passing has sent shockwaves through a close-knit community that knew him as a baseball player, a teammate, and a son who was deeply loved.
His mother, Jill Whitfield Case, did not mince words when she addressed the public through a Facebook post following her son’s death. She wrote that Kaden had been “deeply depressed, angry, and confused,” and that he had been in an acute mental crisis in the period leading up to his death…