Indiana boy dies by suicide after bullying at school, parents flagged it 20 times
A schoolboy in Indiana boy died by suicide after enduring relentless bullying at school, despite his parents reporting the issue numerous times. The school claimed no formal bullying reports were filed.
In Short
- 10-year-old boy in Indiana bullied at school
- Dies by suicide
- Parents say raised concerns with school over 20 times
A 10-year-old boy in Indiana died by suicide after he was bullied at school on several occasions since last year. According to a report with NBC's WTHR, the parents of the minor boy said they had raised an alarm with the school at least 20 times in the last year.
The boy's parents said the bullying started last year when he was in elementary school.
"They made fun of him for his glasses in the beginning, then went on to make fun of his teeth. It went on for a long time. He was beat up on the school bus, and the kids broke his glasses and everything," the report quoted the boy's father as saying.
On complaining to the school, the boy's parents said the school superintendent denied any bullying reports had ever been submitted by either the parents or the boy.
However, the school authorities acknowledged that the school's administrators and counsellor had regular conversations with the family throughout the year, without elaborating because of confidentiality rules.
The boy's mom, Nichole, believed her son took his life because the constant bullying — especially an unspecified incident in a bathroom last week — left him too afraid to go to school, the report stated.