Another Cyberbully Suicide?
A 12-year-old girl in Wisconsin shot and killed herself last week…
February 13, 2012
NEW INFORMATION: 12-year-old girl dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
By Aaron Dimick, WEAURUSK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) — A local community is mourning the shocking loss of a 12-year-old girl.
Investigators in Rusk County said she took her own life.
But the broader story is how did a 12-year-old get her hands on a gun in the first place?
It’s a cautionary tale every family needs to hear. Read more ›
Her friends are saying it was bullying… but the school is saying otherwise…
February 17, 2012
School, community shocked by death
By Anita Zimmerman, zwire.comA 12-year-old girl who attended Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle School is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A friend of Richardson posted a Youtube video, “Stop Bullying.. this is for you Payton.” Monday.
This is an excerpt:“Let me tell you a story. I knew a girl, Payton Ruth Anne Richardson. She was beautiful, young, talented, she had a big heart, and it was always in the right place but.. she was being bullied.”
“She was strong, for a very long time.. until it got so bad, she felt alone.. sad.. depressed. She had no where to turn, and she started believing everybody when they told her she was ugly, or nobody liked her.
“February 12, 2012, she killed herself. All because people bullied her. She was only 12, she still had her whole life in front of her. Payton, your [sic] gone, but never forgotten. Greatly missed. We all miss and love you.
“So many people get hurt from bullying. YOU can prevent bullying. Don’t sit around and watch it happen. TAKE ACTION.”
Chetek/Weyerhaeuser District Administrator Al Brown, quoted on WEAU-TV, said there was no indication Richardson was bullied at school. Read more ›
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