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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 02:08 PM Dec 2017

What parents need to know about 'bullycide'

Elise Solé
December 4, 2017

The death of a girl who died by what her parents call “bullycide” is raising questions about whether suicide can be attributed to bullying.

Ashawnty Davis, a 10-year-old student at Sunrise Elementary in Aurora, Colo., died Wednesday after spending two weeks on life support at Children’s Hospital Colorado because she had hanged herself in a closet in her home.

The girl’s mother, Latoshia Harris, told Denver local news affiliate KDVR that after being bullied, her daughter had been further harassed at school after a video of her confronting the female bully was posted to the video app Musical.ly.

“I saw my daughter was scared,” Harris told the news station. Her father, Anthony Davis, added that the girl was “devastated” to discover the incident had been shared online.

More:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/parents-need-know-bullycide-003343973.html









Ashawnty Davis, Rest in Peace.

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What parents need to know about 'bullycide' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2017 OP
Poor sweet girl. This is so sad. Sorry for the parents. nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2017 #1
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