Current:Home > MarketsFinal Hours Revealed of Oklahoma Teen Mysteriously Found Dead on Highway -CapitalEdge
Final Hours Revealed of Oklahoma Teen Mysteriously Found Dead on Highway
View
Date:2025-04-13 09:41:48
New details have emerged in the tragic death of an Oklahoma teenager.
Hours before Noah Presgrove was found dead on the side of a highway, the 19-year-old had attended a party and gotten into an ATV accident, according an autopsy obtained by People May 13.
On the night of his Sept. 3 death, the document alleged that Noah was "at a house party and drinking" before leaving to ride an "ATV ranger vehicle with several men that had a roll over incident."
And Noah's night didn't end after the four-wheeler accident. In fact, the former high school athlete then returned to the party, where he allegedly "got into an argument" with another attendee, per the autopsy. Eventually, he left again and was found dead on the Jefferson County highway by a passing truck driver the following morning, which was Labor Day around 5:53 a.m. When discovered, he was naked, just wearing mismatched shoes, each of which had "grass and debris" clumped in the laces.
And while authorities have not yet determined what transpired directly before Noah's body was found on the road, the autopsy noted that he died of "multiple blunt force injuries" to the head, neck, torso and extremities, as well as multiple lacerations to and "swelling of" the brain. Additionally, he suffered a skull fracture that split the "middle base of the skull into two."
Police also confirmed in a May 2 statement to People that they are not looking into the death as a murder, though the investigation is still ongoing.
(E! News reached out to Oklahoma police for comment on the case but has not heard back.)
Following the autopsy's release, Noah's family started a GoFundMe to raise money for a private investigator to dive further into the "many more" questions the document raises about the death of the teen, who had graduated high school just a few months prior to his passing.
"We're still at square one," brother Dailen Presgrove told People in an interview published May 13. "We desperately need more cooperation from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and we're looking to get an outsider experienced in these situations."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (59159)
Related
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- 2024 Paris Olympics: France’s Rail Network Suffers “Malicious Attack Ahead of Opening Ceremony
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Torchbearers
- Rebuilding Rome, the upstate New York city that is looking forward after a destructive tornado
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Former Chiefs lineman Isaiah Buggs sentenced to hard labor in Alabama on animal cruelty charges
- Gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar Suffers Severe Allergic Reaction in Olympic Village
- Sophia Bush, Zendaya, more looks from Louis Vuitton event ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics: See photos
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Uber and Lyft drivers remain independent contractors in California Supreme Court ruling
Ranking
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- Taco Bell is celebrating Baja Blast's 20th anniversary with freebies and Stanley Cups
- Fostering a kitten? A Californian university wants to hear from you
- Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA to secure media rights awarded to Amazon
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- 2024 Paris Olympics: See the Athletes’ Most Emotional Moments
- Forensic review finds improprieties in Delaware gubernatorial candidate’s campaign finances
- Christina Hall Says She Reached “Breaking Point” With “Insecure” Ex Josh Hall Amid Divorce
Recommendation
Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
Joel Embiid embraces controversy, gives honest take on LeBron James at Paris Olympics
Judge in Trump’s civil fraud case says he won’t recuse himself over ‘nothingburger’ encounter
Watch a shark's perspective as boat cuts across her back, damaging skin, scraping fin
$73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt
Manhattan diamond dealer charged in scheme to swap real diamonds for fakes
7 additional Red Lobster restaurants have closed, bringing total to at least 106: See list