Oct. 7, 2003
Ryan Halligan of Essex Junction, Vt., commits suicide at age 13 after middle school classmates threaten, taunt and insult him incessantly in person and online. His father, John Halligan, a former IBM engineer, lobbies for laws in Vermont to improve how schools address bullying and suicide prevention. He also gives speeches at schools in other states about the story of his son.
June 29, 2005
Jeffrey Johnston, a Cape Coral, Fla., straight-A student, commits suicide after being bullied in person and online.
Oct. 9, 2006
Rachael Neblett, 17, of Mount Washington, Ky., kills herself in her parent's bedroom after being threatened with violence on the Internet.
Oct. 17, 2006
Megan Meier, 13, of St. Charles, Mo., hangs herself after receiving a flurry of cruel messages on MySpace. On May 15, 2008, a federal grand jury indicts adult neighbor Lori Drew for her alleged role in bullying Meier online.
Aug. 23, 2008
Alexa Berman, 14, of Brookfield, Conn., hangs herself in her bedroom three days before starting high school. Adopted from Russia as a 3-year-old, she had made a smooth transition until adolescence, when former friends tormented her in
Sept. 12, 2009
Hope Witsell, 13, of Ruskin/Hillsborough, Fla., hangs herself after topless photos that she sent to a crush circulated to a wider audience.
Jan. 14, 2010
Phoebe Prince, 15, hangs herself after being harassed mostly in school, but also on Facebook and through other electronic forms. The teen had just arrived in South Hadley, Mass. from Ireland months earlier to begin ninth grade. On March 29, Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel indicted six students on charges that included statuatory rape. The town's school committee approved a 62-page anti-bullying policy June 30.
March 22, 2010
Alexis Skye Pilkington, 17, of West Islip, N.Y., is the target of insulting online messages before and after her suicide. Though her family did not believe the messages were a major factor in her death, classmates, relatives and friends were incensed over what they called creepy, insensitive messages about Pilkington, many posted anonymously and also appearing on other Web sites since her death.
April 14, 2010
Ashley Rogers, 15, of Kernersville, N.C., hangs herself in her bedroom. Though she was clinically depressed, her parents believed harrassment by fellow students via text messages and taunts at school fueled her depression.
Sept. 22, 2010
Tyler Clementi, 18, jumps to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge, prosecutors say, after his roommate Dharun Ravi, and fellow Rutgers freshman Molly Wei transmit a live image of Clementi having sex. Ravi and Wei are charged with invading Clementi's privacy.
Nov. 10, 2010
Authorities in Michigan dismiss a rape charge against Joseph Tarnopolski, 18, after his 14-year-old accuser, Samantha Kelly, committed suicide in her mobile home following harassment by classmates.
THESE ARE THE VICTIMS OF BULLYING
