Ashley Wright Speaks Out For 10-Year Old Daughter After Officials Say She Died Of Natural Causes

Just wanted to check in and give an update on the South Carolina fifth-grader Raniya Wright — the girl who died last month after a fight at her elementary school.  This story is very troubling.  It’s being reported that Raniya died of a blood-vessel rupture in the brain stemming from a birth defect.  There’s also no evidence the fight contributed to her death, a prosecutor said Friday.

The death of Raniya, 10, will be attributed to natural causes in a report next week, and no criminal charges will be filed in the case, district solicitor Duffie Stone told reporters Friday.

“There was no evidence of trauma on or inside the body of Raniya Wright that would indicate that any fight in any magnitude contributed to her death,” Stone said at a news conference, announcing the initial results of the investigation into the young girl’s death.

Stone said he made the determination after pathologists and other doctors conducted postmortem tests at the Medical University of South Carolina, where Raniya died March 27.

Meanwhile, the family of Raniya are not settling for this report. They believe that Raniya’s death was directly related to the fight and if there was a birth defect that the fight triggered it. They also believe that the school was negligent in protecting Raniya.  They are committed to pursuing further investigation.

What we know is that Raniya and another student was involved in a “five- to 10-second slap fight” in a classroom at Forest Hills Elementary in Walterboro on March 25, and a teacher separated them, Colleton County Sheriff R.A. Strickland said Friday. Raniya had no sign of and spoke of no injury, but complained of a headache about 10 minutes later at the principal’s office, he said.

Authorities have said she then lost consciousness, and medics took her to a local hospital. She later was transferred to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where she died.

According to medical experts, Raniya’s brain had an “arteriovenous malformation,” or AVM — a tangling of vessels connecting arteries and veins.

The condition disrupts normal blood flow, meaning surrounding tissues may not get enough oxygen, and affected vessels can rupture, the Mayo Clinic says.

It apparently caused headaches that the girl recently sought treatment for; the rupture was ready to take place “just about any time,” and the “fight did not have anything to do with her passing away,” Stone said.

Stone said Raniya had visited a doctor at least six times relating to headaches since February 2017, including 13 days before the fight.

5th Grader Raniya Wright Died Of ‘Natural Causes’ — Not Bullying, Authorities Say.  The family is livid at the thought of the school system using this to cover up their inadequacy.

Here is a statement from mom, Ashley Wright.  “I’m very upset with the school system, starting out, only because of the fact that I’ve been complaining about the person that she fought numerous times to them.

“She did not want to go to school these last couple of weeks,” she added. “I felt like the situation at school was getting worse.”

There are several perspectives and opinions about this fatal story. We are hopeful that the truth will be proven so that this mother can have closure and if necessary, Raniya can have justice. Our prayers are with the family and friends of this sweet little angel.

As perplexing as this is, what are your thoughts about this case?