Palouse woman denies allegations in youth’s death

Alexandra Neiman, the 21-year-old friend of Dylan Mayhan-Treese, the 16-year-old Palouse boy who committed suicide last month, says her only crime was befriending the troubled teen.

“I wanted to save him. He was my best friend,” said Neiman in a sit-down interview with the Gazette Nov. 16.

Mayhan-Treese was found beneath a railroad bridge on West Church Street Oct. 23 after committing suicide two weeks earlier from a lethal combination of prescription morphine and anti-depressants.

The parents of Mayhan-Treese have cast blame on Neiman for their son’s suicide. They said he was infatuated with...