Jamey Rodemeyer - Bullied Boy from Buffalo New York, 14, commits suicide

A 14-year-old boy who blogged about being suicidal due to being incessantly bullied at school has been found dead outside his home in an apparent suicide.

Jamey Rodemeyer, from Buffalo, New York, cried for help online for months before his death and his family and friends said suicide was a popular topic with him.

He regularly talked about his being bullied, went for help, and even regularly saw a social worker and a clinical social worker. However, the major problem at hand, the bullying, did not stop. When he reached out online, it was even perpetuated:

When he wrote of his pain and frustrations and cried for help in his blog postings, students at his school started to bully him online.

About 12 months ago on his Formspring account - which permits anonymous posts - other students started making gay references towards him.

'JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY, FAT ANND UGLY. HE MUST DIE!' read one post.

Another read: 'I wouldn't care if you died. No one would. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier!'

On September 9, Jamey wrote on his Tumblr site: 'I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens. What do I have to do so people will listen to me?'

This was the 2nd Suicide at the same school within the course of two years. Clearly there is a large problem there, and across the county. Again, Jamey was only 14. Here is one of his videos:

So sad, another very young life lost.

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