12-year-old Fil-Am who hanged herself over cyberbullying was quiet, friendly
A 12-year-old Fil-Am girl from Queens, N.Y. took her own life after being relentlessly cyberbullied by her middle-school classmates, according to a New York Post report.
Police said Gabrielle Molina, a student at Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School 109, hanged herself Wednesday in her family home.
Family members found Molina hanging by a belt from a ceiling fan of her bedroom around 2:15 p.m. on 220th Street in Queens Village, investigators said.
Molina reportedly left behind a heartbreaking note that recounted the torture she endured at the hands of bullies at IS 109.
She also apologized to her family and tried to explain the reasons behind her decision.
Her devastated mother Glenda Molina told police her daughter was depressed over constant online harassment from classmates.
The Department of Education declined to comment.
“She’s very quiet, very friendly,” Irma Molina, an aunt, told the Post.
“She wanted to dance and sing. She’s so young. I don’t understand.”
The aunt said Gabrielle’s sister Georgia, 15, broke into a locked bedroom to reach her sibling when she didn’t answer the door.
Molina lived with her parents, sister and older brother Geonel.
Her mother works as a nurse’s aide, while her father George is employed at a recycling plant, the report said.
“They’re just a wonderful family,” a neighbor was quoted as saying.
“The girls were very sweet. They would always say hello. It’s just so sad. I don’t know how they are going to get by.”
Another neighbor said she was shocked that Molina, who frolicked with her sister, chose to end her life.
Molina was not the first New York Fil-Am girl who reportedly ended her life because of school bullying.
Last year, 14-year-old Eira Maghuyop allegedly hanged herself at the bathroom of her Yonkers, N.Y. home due to constant bullying at The Ursuline School in Yonkers.
Meanwhile, cyberbullying is on the rise across the country, the Post said.
Staten Island teen Amanda Cummings threw herself in front of a bus last year after being incessantly bullied by classmates at New Dorp HS.
Her friends and family said she spiraled into a deep depression because she couldn’t escape the abuse, which focused on everything from her looks to her failures with boyfriends.
The National Crime Prevention Council says 43 percent of teens are subject to cyberbullying. - Filipino Reporter
Police said Gabrielle Molina, a student at Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School 109, hanged herself Wednesday in her family home.
Family members found Molina hanging by a belt from a ceiling fan of her bedroom around 2:15 p.m. on 220th Street in Queens Village, investigators said.
Molina reportedly left behind a heartbreaking note that recounted the torture she endured at the hands of bullies at IS 109.
She also apologized to her family and tried to explain the reasons behind her decision.
Her devastated mother Glenda Molina told police her daughter was depressed over constant online harassment from classmates.
The Department of Education declined to comment.
“She’s very quiet, very friendly,” Irma Molina, an aunt, told the Post.
“She wanted to dance and sing. She’s so young. I don’t understand.”
The aunt said Gabrielle’s sister Georgia, 15, broke into a locked bedroom to reach her sibling when she didn’t answer the door.
Molina lived with her parents, sister and older brother Geonel.
Her mother works as a nurse’s aide, while her father George is employed at a recycling plant, the report said.
“They’re just a wonderful family,” a neighbor was quoted as saying.
“The girls were very sweet. They would always say hello. It’s just so sad. I don’t know how they are going to get by.”
Another neighbor said she was shocked that Molina, who frolicked with her sister, chose to end her life.
Molina was not the first New York Fil-Am girl who reportedly ended her life because of school bullying.
Last year, 14-year-old Eira Maghuyop allegedly hanged herself at the bathroom of her Yonkers, N.Y. home due to constant bullying at The Ursuline School in Yonkers.
Meanwhile, cyberbullying is on the rise across the country, the Post said.
Staten Island teen Amanda Cummings threw herself in front of a bus last year after being incessantly bullied by classmates at New Dorp HS.
Her friends and family said she spiraled into a deep depression because she couldn’t escape the abuse, which focused on everything from her looks to her failures with boyfriends.
The National Crime Prevention Council says 43 percent of teens are subject to cyberbullying. - Filipino Reporter
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