I knew this young man....

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He was friends with my son, my daughter and my nieces & nephews.

MIDDLETOWN, Del. (WPVI) --
A young man died after a fight nearly 10 days ago but, so far, investigators say there is no evidence a crime occurred.

Not satisfied, his family is now demanding answers.

Ty Sawyer, 20, died after what police described as a mutually agreed-upon fist fight with a person he'd known since childhood. The fight happened at a party in New Castle County.

His parents, Lisa Sawyer and Terence Garnett, say he would have never agreed to a fight.

"I know this kid was harassing my son prior to the incident at the party, on various occurrences. It wasn't just one occurrence, he harassed him multiple times," said Lisa.

"Here you have them agreeing to fight. We know this from five very detailed accounts from witnesses. We don't believe the fight itself - not based on the autopsy - that that's the cause of death," said Col. Elmer Setting of the New Castle County Police.

Ty's parents say, after talking to their son's friends, they believe Ty was beaten and kicked to death.

"I just want the truth. That's it," Lisa said.

Police say they have already ruled out homicide in the death of Ty Sawyer, and are waiting for a toxicology report from the state medical examiner.

"The trauma is not there to say this was a homicide," Setting said.

"My son didn't want to fight this kid. We had already talked about it before, when that kid came to our home and bashed up our mailbox," said Lisa.

http://6abc.com/696000/

Ty died just over a week ago after a fight at a party here in Middletown. It was determined by the police that his death was not a homicide and no charges would be filed. It was determined that there would be no further investigation. To many of us, there was no investigation. For everyone in this community, whether we knew Ty or not, this hasn't settled well. After hearing and reading many accounts of that night, there is a very real possibility that this young man was beaten to death and that his attacker's parents, who are apparently retired law enforcement, may have had a hand in trying to sweep this under the rug. The events from that night are not clear, but one thing that is clear is that the truth needs to be told. As a mother, I cannot imagine what this family must be going through. I do know that Ty's mom and dad deserve the truth. A thorough investigation needs to take place and, if in fact, it is determined Ty was beaten to death as many accounts from that night have indicated, justice needs to be served. I don't care who you're related to, nobody is above the law. NO-ONE. So I share part of his story in the hope that others will share as well, and that a thorough and immediate investigation takes place into the events of that night. I promise that I will do my part to productively and peacefully demand justice for Ty. I hope you all look into this story more and do the same.

This family deserves a full and thorough investigation.

Justice for TY.

[elehhhhna]

1. any autopsy report?

[one_voice]

2. Not yet completed...

his mother may have an independent one performed.

[elehhhhna]

3. sounds like the town is not accepting this b.s.

[one_voice]

4. No. Not at all...

the kid is tweeting all kinds of obnoxious things too. There's video of what happened--why aren't the cops looking at it? There's preferential treatment going on. Ex-LEO...

Tragic...