[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] This just breaks our heart… A family in Utah is mourning the loss of their 10-year-old daughter, who died by suicide last weekend after suffering from constant bullying from her classmates.
According to KSL-TV, Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor was found dead by her family on Saturday. Her mother, Brittany Tichenor-Cox, had reached out to the school administrators several times to report that her child, who was Black and autistic, was being “frequently belittled and bullied” at Foxboro Elementary School in North Salt Lake, Utah.
Izzy reportedly told Brittany that she was being teased by her peers and didn’t believe her teacher liked her — as she wouldn’t treat her the same way as the other students.