10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Bullied Found Hanged

A ten-year-old North Carolina girl took her own life in her bedroom after allegedly being bullied at school, local authorities say.

Her mother, Samantha West, found 10-year-old  Jasmine McClain hanging with a belt around her neck in their home.

Chadbourn Police Chief Steven Shaw ruled the death a suicide but his investigation lead him to Facebook where comments had been posted by Jasmine’s classmates that she had been targeted.

Chief Shaw said: ‘Children started coming forward and making accusations that she was bullied – and bullied bad – in school.’