Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell
On the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, Jadin Bell—the only
openly gay student at La Grande High School, in La Grande, Ore.—left his
home, on foot, in 20-degree weather. He walked down Walnut Street to
the campus of Central Elementary—past the empty bike racks, past four
leafless cherry trees and a single, white-barked birch. He sent a text
message to his friend, Tara, telling her where to find his suicide note.
Then he climbed onto the school’s playground equipment. He hanged
himself with a length of rope. He was fifteen years old. This has got to stop!
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