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Saturday, November 12, 2011

So terribly sad

18-Year-Old Girl Tweets 144 Times before Committing Suicide: MyFoxHOUSTON.com


Of course, the thing about Twitter is it's kind of a crap shoot whether a tweet is noticed by someone following you, especially if the person follows a lot of people or agencies. And then there's the fact that it's sometimes hard to figure out who to report a suicide note to, what jurisdiction, that sort of thing. But she used her real name, and 144 tweets over 6 hours--that might be a little different.

This girl obviously felt that no one could stop her pain, and that the world failed her. And, it seems, it did. I am saddened by the death of someone so young, so troubled. I hope if her allegations are true, then the case will be reopened and the person who essentially killed the spirit of this young girl gets the justice deserved.

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