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  • 10-Year-Old Raniya Wright Died of Natural Causes, Prosecutor Says

    Raniya Wright, the South Carolina fifth grader who died after a fight at her elementary school last month, died of natural causes, according to Colleton County coroner Richard Harvey and prosecutor Duffie Stone, who spoke at a news conference Friday. Wright, a student at Forest Hills Elementary in Walterboro, died of a rupture in the…

  • Mom of 10-Year-Old Girl Who Died After a Classroom Fight Says the School Failed Them

    The mother of Raniya Wright, the 10-year-old South Carolina girl who died after getting into a fight at school, says she had long complained to the school about her child being bullied but that authorities did nothing to protect her. In an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America, Ashley Wright said she feels…

  • Fifth-Grader Dead Days After School Fight Left Her Unresponsive, Family Says

    Authorities in Walterboro, S.C., are demanding answers after Raniya Wright, a fifth-grader at Forest Hills Elementary, died Wednesday after a school fight earlier in the week. Wright, 10, had been unresponsive and in critical condition since Monday, family told ABC affiliate WCIV. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office found Wright unconscious in the nurse’s office after…