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22-Year-Old Nevan Baker’s Death Ruled A Suicide After He Was Found Hanging From A Tree In Orlando—His Family Doesn’t Believe He Would Take His Life

<p>Roommates&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;social-media-calls-for-an-investigation-into-the-passing-of-gloria-bambo-who-was-reportedly-found-hanging-in-her-roommates-garage-after-texas-authorities-ruled-it-a-suicide&sol;"> Nevan Baker<&sol;a>&comma; a 22-year-old man from Orlando&comma; Florida has become a national trending topic after he was found hanging from a tree&comma; with his death ultimately ruled as a suicide&period; According to local reports&comma; Baker’s family members say they believe his death was not a suicide&comma; as the Orlando Police Department and Medical Examiner’s Office have initially determined&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nevan Baker was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;orlandosentinel&period;com&sol;news&sol;breaking-news&sol;os-ne-family-concerned-black-man-dies-hung-tree-20201009-dvbsyrs2mnab5avjjhklqr2x6y-story&period;html">found dead<&sol;a> on October 11th about 3&colon;45 a&period;m&period; in Barker Park&comma; near Camping World Stadium and the Washington Shores neighborhood&comma; hanging by a rope from a tree&comma; according to OPD’s case report — alarming circumstances that his family and many in the Orlando community say deserve increased scrutiny&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m not done with this situation&semi; it’s just beginning&comma;” said Sharhonda James&comma; Baker’s mom&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nobody’s going to stand for this in this community&period; My son didn’t hang himself&period; I know my child&period;” James said she has requested that OPD let her see any photos or videos from the scene and of her son’s body from the night of his death&comma; but has not been given them&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re not going to let this go&semi; the community is not going to let this go&comma;&&num;8221&semi; James said&period; She said she has no reason to believe her son committed suicide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; local authorities are sticking to the suicide claim&period;  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Officers have exhausted all leads and&comma; at this time&comma; there is no evidence of foul play or any kind of physical struggle&comma;” OPD posted in a statement late last week&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a tragic case of suicide&period; &&num;8230&semi; We are keeping the victim&comma; his family and friends in our thoughts during this difficult time&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After OPD officers were called to the park&comma; they attempted live-saving measures but were unsuccessful&comma; the OPD case report said&period; Officers then spoke with people in the area&comma; including the man who found Baker while walking his dog and a man who’d been sleeping nearby under a park pavilion&period; None said they knew what led up to his death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CGRHcRdBm5H" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; 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