Body of bullied 8-year-old boy exhumed, suicide ruling remains
Juveniles
Gabriel Taye’s family says they will continue to investigate the role that bullying played in the boy’s hanging death
Suicide
July 3, 2017
‘Those who wanted him gone know who they are’: Texas principal’s death officially ruled a suicide as school seeks replacement
The sudden death of a Texas high school principal in May has been officially ruled a suicide. Dennis Reeves shot himself in the head on May 28 in the parking lot of Kirbyville High School just after handing in his resignation. The suicide and the surrounding controversy sent shockwaves through the small southeast Texas community. …
Suicide
June 30, 2017
‘He was always careful’: Teenager dies of apparent suicide while firing weapons at a gun range
Florida police have announced that a 14-year-old boy shot himself in a Miami gun range on Thursday afternoon. The shooting is being investigated as a possible suicide, according to CBS Miami. Vincent Colonna was with his father at the Gun World gun range when the teen suffered what authorities are suggesting was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. …
Murder
June 30, 2017
At least two dead in NYC hospital shooting massacre; gunman hid weapon under lab coat
The gunman may have been a former employee at the hospital
Sex Offenders
June 29, 2017
Affair with teacher may have driven 17-year-old to attempt suicide
A health teacher in Maine is under investigation after a 17-year-old student admitted to having a sexual affair with the married 29-year-old woman that is believed to have been behind a suicide attempt. According to the New York Daily News, Jill Montagne has been placed on leave from Kennebunk High School and is banned from contacting …
Suicide
June 29, 2017
Did ’13 Reasons Why’ lead teen to kill herself? Parents blame Netflix series for girl’s suicides
Bella Herndon was just days shy of her 16th birthday when he mother found her hanging in her bedroom closet in April. The high school sophomore died after a week on life support. Bella recorded a message on her mother’s phone saying, “I love you, mommy.” shortly before killing herself. Her father shared the video …
Suicide
June 27, 2017
Netflix show ’13 Reasons Why’ blamed for TWO more suicides
Two California families have blamed their teen daughters’ suicides on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Bella Herndon (pictured left) and Priscilla Chiu (pictured right), both 15, reportedly died by suicide in April. The teens didn’t know each other, but they had one thing in common: they watched the controversial Netflix show days before taking their …
Celebrity Justice
June 27, 2017
Funny man Jim Carrey drops legal battle over claims he passed STD to suicide girlfriend?
Carrey seems ready to offer a settlement in the wrongful death suit brought by Cathriona White’s family
Family Crime
June 26, 2017
Young mother kills herself after strangling 8-year-old daughter — exactly two years after husband’s suicide
The little girl survived the murder-suicide attempt, but police believe her mother thought she was dead
Family Crime
June 25, 2017
Little girl finds mother dead of suicide — and mom may have thought she killed daughter first
A mother is dead and her daughter is injured in what police believe may have been an attempted murder-suicide. According to NBC News, an eight-year-old girl in Fairfield, Connecticut, woke up on Saturday morning to find her mother dead. The girl ran to a neighbor’s house for help when her mother wasn’t responding. Ivanna Krekhtyak, …
child endangerment
June 24, 2017
School bullies tell 13-year-old boy to kill himself in yearbook messages
A mother is raising awareness about the devastating impact of bullying after her 13-year-old son decided to take his own life. The Washington state mother, who found her son before it was too late, told KCPQ that classmates of the boy relentlessly bullied him in school. The student, who has not been identified, would try to …
Bullies
June 23, 2017
‘She hung herself’: Bullied teen’s obituary brutally honest about suicide
The family of a Bedford, Pennsylvania, girl has been brutally honest about the bullying that led to the suicide of 15-year-old Sadie Riggs. Sadie Riggs lived all of her short life in Bedford, a small rural town of about 3,000 people about 100 miles outside of Pittsburgh, PA. She would have turned 16 in December, …