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New admissions halted at Trails Carolina therapy camp amid investigation into 12-year-old’s death

More than a week after a 12-year-old boy was found dead at a North Carolina naturopathic camp, state officials have closed the camp to ensure the safety of children while they investigate. It instructs them to take measures such as:

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will require unrestricted and unannounced access to Trails Carolina for local Department of Human Services (DSS) employees, law enforcement, and state investigators, according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. It is said that

Trails Carolina released the following statement to Fox News Digital in response to the health department’s order: “Trails continues to support the personal growth of our current students and their families as they continue their healing journey. We will give them the confidence and tools they need.”

Police say Camp is not fully cooperating with the investigation, but Trails Carolina disputes that claim.

Preteen boy dies one day after attending controversial North Carolina therapy camp: ‘Suspicious death’

Over the weekend, a 12-year-old boy died at a North Carolina wilderness camp just one day after checking into the controversial facility. (Trails Carolina)

The campaign insisted there was “no evidence of criminal or suspicious activity” and that it was following the investigation by law enforcement.

The boy was found dead in a cabin at Trails Carolina on February 3, according to the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy found the boy’s death was “not natural.” However, the boy’s cause of death has not yet been determined.

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Transylvania County Sheriff Chuck Owenby announced on Wednesday, February 7, details about the death of a young boy at a camp in western North Carolina over the weekend, including that the camp where the death occurred was not fully cooperative with the investigation. announced. (Trails Carolina)

As the state health department continues its investigation into the boy’s death, it said at least one staff member was awake when the children were asleep and that the use of bivvy bags, which are collapsible, weatherproof, one-person evacuation bags, was confirmed. I’m asking you to cancel it.

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The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy told investigators that the 12-year-old boy’s death did not appear to be natural, but the cause and manner of death have not yet been determined. (Trails Carolina)

The new regulations will apply until the ministry concludes its investigation.

The sheriff’s office told Fox News Digital it could be months before the results of a toxicology report on the boy’s death are available.

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