An 11-year-old girl in Texas reportedly took her own life this month after classmates harassed her about her family’s immigration status. Jocelynn Carranza died on February 8, three days after she tried to kill herself at her Gainesville home. According to the Latin Times, officials at Gainesville Intermediate School never notified Carranza’s family that students …
The parents of a 10-year-old Indiana boy who took his life earlier this month are now the targets of bullying themselves, the child’s father said during Monday’s “Crime Stories” episode. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sammy Teusch’s family said he was bullied up until the night he died on May 5. His father said students at …
A 10-year-old Indiana boy reportedly died by suicide earlier this month after enduring bullying at school and online. According to WTHR, Sammy Teusch’s family said he was bullied up until the night he died on May 5. His father said the students first teased his son about things like his glasses before it escalated to …
At least seven people have been arrested for beating up two students at a Miami school that left the victims hospitalized, CBS News Miami reports. The incident occurred Thursday near the SLAM! Charter School in Little Havana and was caught on cellphone video. The recording shows a group of males attacking a peer on the …
An Oklahoma teen reportedly died earlier this month after being attacked at their high school. Dagny “Nex” Benedict — a nonbinary 16-year-old who used they/them pronouns — died on February 8, a day after being attacked in a girls’ bathroom at Owasso High School West Campus. The Oklahoman reported that one of Benedict’s parents contacted …
A New Jersey school district has been ordered to pay a $9.1 million settlement to the family of Mallory Grossman, a 12-year-old student who died by suicide in 2017 after facing nearly a year of bullying at a Rockaway Township school. According to Fox News Digital, Dianne and Seth Grossman filed a wrongful death lawsuit …
The girl had reportedly emailed school officials about being bullied a week before her suicide
A Georgia teen is dead and his mother says it happened shortly after he told about reported bullies at Heard County High School in Heard County. According to 11Alive, 15-year-old high school freshman Austin McEntyre told his mother, Lisa, on November 4 that he was sick and wanted to stay home from school. When she …
The family of a 10-year-old Utah girl who died by suicide last year filed a notice on Wednesday that they would be suing a school district for $14.1 million for allegedly ignoring bullying that led to the girl’s death. KTVU reported that the letter accuses Davis Schools, Foxboro Elementary, and more than a dozen administrators …
Louisiana police arrested a substitute teacher on Monday for allegedly paying students to assault a classmate. On August 23, Aadrina Smith, 24, reportedly offered five students $5 each to tackle their classmate at North Caddo Elementary Middle School. Three of the students accepted Smith’s offer, and Smith congratulated them afterward, according to Louisiana Radio Network. …
A North Carolina middle school was shut down on Tuesday after an eighth-grader died by suicide on campus, according to reports. WRAL reported that Wendell Middle School students were sent home after Austin Pendergrass, 13, died following a “medical crisis” on school grounds. Officials did not disclose where or how the teen died. Pendergrass’ family …
A 14-year-old Missouri girl is reportedly on life support after bullying at school led her to attempt suicide earlier this month. On August 8, Mary Butler found her daughter, Spirit, unresponsive on the floor. KDSK reported that Spirit’s parents had multiple meetings with staff at Riverview Gardens High School about ongoing physical, emotional, and online …
