An Oklahoma teenager who was found on the side of the road last September with only one pair of shoes on died from blunt force trauma, authorities said this week, but his loved ones are still missing. looking for answers.
According to reports, the body of Noah Pressgrove, 19, was discovered along Highway 81 on September 4, 2023, and his death was immediately determined to be suspicious.
The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office said Pressgrove died of multiple blunt force trauma, but the cause of death was listed as unknown. KSWO reported on Tuesday.
The young man had just graduated from Comanche High School the previous spring and reportedly wanted to join the military.
“The decedent was found naked on the side of the highway on the morning of September 4, 2023, wearing only shoes,” the coroner’s report states. According to Fox News Digital.
“No vehicle parts or debris were found at the scene. At this time, it is unknown how a body with multiple blunt force injuries was found on the road. Therefore, the manner of death is considered undetermined.” ”
According to the report, Mr Pressgrove was at a house party and after drinking alcohol, he and his friends were riding in an ATV when they overturned.
However, he returned to the house where he got into an argument with his girlfriend and then left on September 3, 2023, but was found the next day, according to the report.
The release of more information about the case only left Mr. Pressgrove’s relatives, including his sister Madison Rawlings, with more questions.
“I don’t know who the girl he’s ‘probably’ arguing with is,” Rawlings told Fox News Digital. “That’s the question I posed to the medical examiner.”
Pressgrove’s younger brother, Diren Pressgrove told NewsNation His brother was found in the fetal position, his body covered.
“You can see the blood oozing through the covers… It just seems weird when I look at it. The positioning of the body. The teeth, the pants. It doesn’t look like a hit-and-run,” said Dayren. Pressgrove told the magazine.
His family said they were seeking closure after his death.
“Even if it was an accident, it doesn’t matter. Come clean,” cousin Avery Paucher told KSWO in November.
“Not knowing hurts. Knowing will hurt, but it hurts even more to wonder without knowing and think about what happened every night.”
A spokesperson for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol told Fox News Digital that the investigation is ongoing.
Mr. Pressgrove was a “true friend to all who knew him,” and was a multisport athlete in high school, including football and wrestling, according to his obituary.
“Noah had a very sociable personality. He was very spontaneous, a country boy, and a womanizer!” The obi reads:
