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The following teens committed suicide as a result of cruel online bullying. Their stories reveal how

viscous and damaging cyber-bullying can become.

Ryan committed suicide at the age of 13 in 2003

He was bullied in school starting at an early age, but following his death, his parents logged into his online accounts and found several instances of cyber-bullying of their son

One bully who thought Ryan was gay taunted him for it

A girl whom Ryan was interested in pretended to like him and spread the private information Ryan told her to all of her friends

Information and photos courtesy of Ryan Halligan’s tribute website created by his parents: www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org

Jamey committed suicide in September 2011 at age 14

He was bullied for being gay Nasty comments were

posted on his Formspring account: “JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY, FAT

AND UGLY. HE MUST DIE!” “I wouldn't care if you died.

No one would. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier”

Information and photo courtesy of Buffalonews.com

Tyler committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge during his freshman year at Rutgers University

His roommate and another student viewed Tyler’s intimate encounter with another male on a webcam and posted the video on the internet

Information and photo courtesy of The New York Times

Jesse was 18 when she hanged herself in her bedroom in 2008

She had sent nude photos to her boyfriend

When they broke up her boyfriend emailed the picture around to other girls, who called her a slut and a whore

Information and photo courtesy of MSNBC

Seth hanged himself from a tree at age 13

His mother found him and he remained on life support for 10 days before passing away

He was bullied online for being gay

Information and photos courtesy of TIME

Friends of Seth’s at his memorial