http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/04/gov_patrick_fau.htmlGovernor Deval Patrick said this morning that South Hadley school officials should be "held accountable" for their handling of the bullying that preceded Phoebe Prince's suicide, describing reports that Prince had personally turned to administrators for help as "outrageous."
"I'm telling you, this is outrageous, what you and I and others are reading and hearing about this," Patrick said in a radio interview on WTKK-FM. "The more we hear, the worse it sounds."
whew...I hope they find us..."1 member, 0 Guests"...lol...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/09/massachusetts.bullying.suicide/?hpt=SbinThe alleged confrontations took place at South Hadley High School -- in gym and Latin classes, in the school library, in the cafeteria, in the girls' bathroom, in the hallway and on the streets outside the school. They made her anxious and tearful, classmates and friends told investigators.
Witnesses told police one of the girls "called her out," threatening to beat Prince up, the document states.
A witness is quoted in the document as telling investigators:
"She definitely didn't want to fight with the girls in the school. She just wanted to keep to herself and keep things the way they were. She wanted people to stop picking on her, to stop being bullied. She wanted people to leave her alone. She wanted people to stop spreading rumors and stop the girls from talking about her."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63847420100409?type=technologyNews"A CDC study also showed 14.5 percent of U.S. high school students reported seriously considering suicide during the year preceding the survey, and 6.9 percent said they had attempted suicide once or more in the same period.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/09/us/AP-US-School-Bullying.htmlLater in the day, Prince's body was found hanging in a rear stairwell of her family's apartment.
I know I'm a broken record, please forgive me...but more confirmation it was the rear stairwell. Anyone think there could be an interior rear stairwell? Maybe inside that main floor door...? Once again, here's the house...
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/09/us/AP-US-School-Bullying.html
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php...lobal&subj=106256199412197&id=100000957224345
"THE possibility of legal charges against staff in a US school where an Irish girl was bullied before she committed suicide has not been ruled out, prosecutors told the Irish Independent last night.
The disclosure came as a district attorney charged nine students -- including seven girls -- with offences including civil rights violations, statutory rape, stalking and inflicting bodily injury to Phoebe Prince.
Prosecutors claim some staff at the Massachusetts school attended by Phoebe (15), who grew up in Fanore, Co Clare, knew of the bullying -- which took place in person and on social networking sites -- but did nothing to stop the students involved."
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/staff-at-phoebes-school-could-face-charges-2118116.html"When asked if teaching staff could still face charges over the case, a spokesperson for Ms Scheibel told the Irish Independent last night: "We do not know what the future will hold. Nothing can be ruled out at this stage," she said.
I know I'm a broken record, please forgive me...but more confirmation it was the rear stairwell. Anyone think there could be an interior rear stairwell? Maybe inside that main floor door...? Once again, here's the house...
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/09/us/AP-US-School-Bullying.html
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php...lobal&subj=106256199412197&id=100000957224345
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/09/Prince-asked-school-officials-for-help/UPI-22321270839187/"SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., April 9 (UPI) -- Administrators at a Massachusetts high school did not listen to a teen's plea for help against bullying a week before she took her life, prosecutors said.
Phoebe Prince's seeking help from South Hadley High School administrators about the bullying was made public for the first time Thursday in court documents filed as three former classmates pleaded not guilty to charges of tormenting the high school freshman, The Boston Globe reported Friday."
That's what I'm hoping.You may be onto something... The door on the bottom may go in and lead to stairs inside along the back of the house.
So, this tells me any interior stairwell would need to have a railing or an open space of some kind to jump over...?And so, when Phoebe Prince arrived home that afternoon, she went to the top of her stairwell, put a noose around her neck, and jumped.