16-year-old Olivia Grimes

In Pickens County, South Carolina, state officials recently announced they were taking over the investigation into the death of 16-year-old Olivia Grimes, who fell to her death from a rope swing at Christian Summer Camp on Sassafras Mountain July 14, 2015.

Rope Swing

The teen was part of the “Freebird” adventure event.  She was attached to a pendulum rope swing by a harness that failed in some manner, and she dropped more than 100 feet.  Emergency crews failed to revive her.