Death of Lake Orion teen on robotics trip determined to be suicide, Houston police say

The death of a Lake Orion High School student during a school robotics trip in Texas has been determined by medical examiners to be a suicide, Houston police officials said.

The April 19 death of the teen, whose name has not been released, was investigated by the Houston Police Department.

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Science determined the death was suicide, Houston police public information officer Victor Senties told The Detroit News on Thursday. Senties added results of the teen's autopsy remained pending.

The student was in Houston with members of the high school's robotics team, school officials said. High school officials said in an April 15 Facebook post that the school's robotics team was heading to Houston to compete in the FIRST robotics world championships, which began last April 17 and ran through April 20.

jchambers@detroitnews.com