Boy Commits Suicide After Bullies Harass Him About Deceased Father
On June - 1 - 2012
EAST HARLEM– After being teased for being too short and too smart, a 12-year-old East Harlem boy is now dead. The final straw came when Joel Morales was teased about his dead father. His mother found the fifth grader hanging from a shower rod in the bathroom of their apartment at the Jefferson Houses on 2nd Avenue and 115th Street, at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. READ MORE HERE
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