Nothing about Pappas’ physical appearance screamed “star athlete”, but he was displaying unreal speed and athleticism. Today would be his first time.īy the end of the day, it was even more clear that Pappas was different from his peers. Pappas is different from everyone else he’s never played ultimate frisbee before. Then-freshman Nick Pappas shows up with a friend.

Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill., is hosting a pickup ultimate frisbee event on their football field. An autopsy revealed undetected heart anomalies, but they don’t know, conclusively, if those caused or contributed to his death.It’s the fall of 2014. But a medical examiner found no lethal substances in his body.

His parents found him unresponsive in his bedroom and, at first, thought he died by suicide. His official cause of death is inconclusive. His family’s grief is layered with unanswered questions. His mom can’t bring herself to watch them now. “My husband and I are social workers and he asked us for a briefcase when he was little.”īy age 8, Oliver had a YouTube channel, which he filled with instructional videos for kids. “Oliver marched on his own path,” Leopold said. The Leopolds donated the truck to the Illinois Fire Service Institute in Champaign after Oliver died. His firefighter friends taught him how to wash it and fill it with gas. They eventually found a spot for it in Wilmette, at a lot where people store boats, landscaping equipment and other non-driveway-appropriate machines. “He said, ‘Oh! I don’t know!’ All his friends thought it was so cool.” “I said, ‘Where are you going to park this thing?’” his mom recalls. Oliver even purchased a decommissioned Evanston Fire Department truck at an auction once, much to his parents’ surprise.

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