[kreitzer]

The kid is from Darby, I don’t know which school but I know the town. Could very well have been a racial attack.

[Verginius Rufus]

If he had been bullied because he was suspected of being gay, that would have been featured prominently in the story, so that wasn't it.

I don't know anything about that part of Pennsylvania but the absence of information about the attackers, given the methods of the media, makes one suspect that race was a motive.

[dr_lew]

I don’t see how the conclusion can be avoided.

[PapaBear3625]

The kid is from Darby, I don’t know which school but I know the town. Could very well have been a racial attack.

I'm familiar with the area. From the lack of certain details, I suspect you are correct.