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Did bullying drive Mass. teen to suicide?

April 26, 2017bullying drive mass suicide teen

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Did bullying drive Mass. teen to suicide?

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HADLEY, Mass. (UPI) — Lawyers for two teens accused of bullying a Massachusetts high school student who hanged herself said records will show she had two previous suicide attempts. The lawyers for Flannery Mullins and Sharon Chanon Velazquez, both 17, asked a Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile Court to order the release of private records from hospitals, clinics and South Hadley public schools for Phoebe Prince, the Boston Globe reported. Prince, a 15-year-old freshman, hanged herself in her family’s Hadley, Mass., apartment Jan. 14 after continuous harassment by schoolmates, prosecutors say. Mullins, Velazquez and five other students at South Hadley High School face harassment and civil rights violations linked to bullying prosecutors said drove Prince to commit suicide. Mullins and Velazquez Mullins also are charged with stalking Prince. All seven suspects have pleaded not guilty. Arguing for release of the medical and school records, the defense attorneys for Mullins and Velazquez, citing