Gay Teen Dies After Hanging Himself Over Bullying

Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old California middle school student, died in the hospital on Tuesday, days after he attempted to take his own life after reportedly enduring relentless bullying. Seth, a student at Jacobsen Middle School in Tehachapi, Calif., was found unconscious and not breathing on Sept. 19 after he apparently tried to hang himself from a tree in his backyard, according to a police report obtained by The Bakersfield Californian. Friends told NBC affiliate KGET that Seth had been picked on for years because he was gay.

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  1. ShawnInCa September 29th, 2010 3:39 pm

    Christine o Donnell was recently quoted as saying this kind of bullying is just a case of kids being kids.

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