Hope Witsell: Cyberbully Suicide
What's in a photo? For 13-year-old Hope Witsell, everything.
Last year, the Ruskin, Fla., middle schooler sent a photo of her naked breasts to her boyfriend. Another student got hold of it and it went viral.
From then on, classmates bullied, intimidated and tormented her - even creating MySpace pages to humiliate her.
It worked with devastating effect. On Sept. 12, 2009, Hope took her own life. Her mother told CNN she never knew how deeply her daughter was hurting.
Hope's death is part of a disturbing trend - teens who commit suicide in the face of merciless bullying, often online.
Her friends and family posted these photos of her in remembrance.
Credit: Personal Photo
