Overview

• The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that the 29-year-old hanged herself in her Rice County, Minnesota, barn on June 20.
• Ethan Raines announced her wife’s death on June 22 and said he performed CPR for 15 minutes before first responders arrived.
• Raines’s autism spectrum diagnosis fueled her dedication to animal care but heightened her vulnerability to a sustained online harassment campaign.
• Since founding Save A Fox Rescue in 2017, she saved over 150 foxes and built a YouTube following exceeding 2.4 million subscribers.
• Supporters have launched petitions and fundraisers to demand cyberbullying reforms and held a July 12 memorial at the sanctuary.