Young man dies after fight, but was there a crime?

MIDDLETOWN, Del. (WPVI) -- A young man died after a fight nearly 10 days ago but, so far, investigators say there is no evidence a crime occurred.

Not satisfied, his family is now demanding answers.

Ty Sawyer, 20, died after what police described as a mutually agreed-upon fist fight with a person he'd known since childhood. The fight happened at a party in New Castle County.

His parents, Lisa Sawyer and Terence Garnett, say he would have never agreed to a fight.

"I know this kid was harassing my son prior to the incident at the party, on various occurrences. It wasn't just one occurrence, he harassed him multiple times," said Lisa.

"Here you have them agreeing to fight. We know this from five very detailed accounts from witnesses. We don't believe the fight itself - not based on the autopsy - that that's the cause of death," said Col. Elmer Setting of the New Castle County Police.

Ty's parents say, after talking to their son's friends, they believe Ty was beaten and kicked to death.

"I just want the truth. That's it," Lisa said.

Police say they have already ruled out homicide in the death of Ty Sawyer, and are waiting for a toxicology report from the state medical examiner.

"The trauma is not there to say this was a homicide," Setting said.

"My son didn't want to fight this kid. We had already talked about it before, when that kid came to our home and bashed up our mailbox," said Lisa.

"It's just hard for me right now, as his father, to see my son dead and they do nothing about it," Terence said.

Friends and family say they are planning a protest march this Saturday morning in Middletown.

Police say the toxicology report is expected sometime later this week.