Channing Smith, a 16-year-old student at Coffee County Central High School in Tennessee, died by suicide last week, leaving his family looking for answers.
A Tennessee teenager took his own life after being outed as bisexual by classmates who bullied him, according to his family.
Smith was not out at the time and the exposed messages led to incessant cyberbullying, the family said. He allegedly told a classmate about his plans to end his life due to the bullying, but she did not report the threats. The high school junior's death highlights an alarming reality: nearly 48% of gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students have seriously considered attempting suicide, compared to about 13% of their heterosexual counterparts, according to a 2017 national survey of almost 15,000 students conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The family said the DA's office refused to take criminal action against the students involved, but the office denied those allegations.
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