Double suicide in western Minnesota puts bullying back in spotlight

[dbackjon]

Two 14-year old girls committed suicide last week in Marshall, Minn., and the evidence suggests they’d been bullied. Relatives of Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz told Meredith Viera of the TODAY Show that the girls may have been more than just friends. Fentress had hyphenated her last name on Facebook to include Moravetz’s last name, and Fentress had been expelled from school recently for defending Paige in a fight. The pair’s deaths add to a growing list of suicides in Minnesota and around the country where bullying is suspected to have played a factor.
In Thursday’s TODAY Show interview, both girls’ families said they suspected that bullying may have been a factor, including bullying about weight issues. The families also said they suspected that Paige and Haylee may have had a romantic relationship and that ostracization may have played a role in their suicide pact.

http://minnesotaindependent.com/80582/haylee-fentress-paige-moravetz-bullying-suicide

[xchrom]

1. how sad. nt

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[hailhydra]

3. Not yet

But maybe someday.

My thoughts are with these two and their families.