After reading those two reports, I am inclined to agree that it was suicide. Very sad indeed for all concerned. This society is so racist. Here we have a teenage boy who is black and dies , and because he was dating a white girl it's murder. I don't think any parent would say, well johnny looked suicidal before he killed himself.
Most parents believe their children to be happy, no matter how messed up they are inside.
I just think it's sad that everything that happens to us, if there is a mixture of color somewhere in the picture, it is the color that is the motive. This is not to say that color is not the motive in some crimes, but we really need to stop using it as an excuse to deal with reality. Not everything is motived by hate. It just sucks that we always assume it is. That seems very strange to me, apart from the lack of a note.