Mom: Bolingbrook Student Took Her Life After Being Bullied On Facebook

A Bolingbrook High School student who hanged herself March 13 left a 12-page suicide note detailing how she was bullied on Facebook, her mother, Yolanda Parker, recently told the Chicago Sun-Times. 

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Kenyatta Parker died this month at the age of 15. She was a sophomore honors student at Bolingbrook High School. Her death remains under investigation. 

The suicide note included several negative comments posted on a video of Parker dancing from the waist down, a video Parker sent to someone days before her death. Part of her midriff was showing. 

“Someone said she was too dark," Yolanda Parker told the Sun-Times. "You’re too ugly. Stuff like that. People started saying, ‘you’re a ‘ho.’ In the hallways, people were calling her a 'bust down.'"

After Kenyatta Parker's death, her mother gained access to her Facebook page, where she found more nasty messages. 

“I left a message saying I would appreciate it if you would stop leaving posts," she told the Sun-Times. "For people to be saying this kind of stuff is not right. Kenyatta pretty much told me her life was ruined. This is not a joke."

Editor's note: It was previously reported that Kenyatta Parker was sexually abused by her father, based on a misread on the Sun-Times article. Parker did say she was sexually abused in her suicide note but did not say by who.

Read the full story about Kenyatta Parker's death from the Chicago Sun-Times. 

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