Police: NJ 5th-Grader Who Leaped To His Death Threatened To Jump Before

DUMONT, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A fifth-grader who jumped to his death from a second-story window at a New Jersey school had threatened to do it before on at least four occasions, police said.

But authorities say a classmate never told anyone because he thought the boy was kidding.

Dumont police released a report about what happened before the 10-year-old Grant Elementary School student leapt to his death March 6 after playing chess, The Record newspaper reported.

According to police, a lunch aide said the boy was upset because his winning opponent never said "checkmate" and he asked the opponent, "Do you want me to do something drastic?''

The aide saw the boy give his opponent a note, which she confiscated.

The report did not disclose the contents of the note.

The boy's name was redacted from the police report.

Police Chief Joseph Faulborn Jr. told The Record the boy jumped "headfirst, unforced, unassisted and of his own accord."

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