School disciplinary incident about alleged child pornography makes teen commit suicide.

[marylander1940]

School disciplinary incident ends with a Naperville teen's suicide: 'They scared him to death'

 

...The following day, Naperville police suspected that Corey — who had no criminal history and had never been in serious trouble at school — had video on his phone of a consensual sexual encounter with a 16-year-old classmate and possibly played it for friends.

 

At lunchtime, he was called into the dean's office.

 

There, with a police officer and campus dean, Corey was questioned about possessing and possibly sharing "child pornography," allegedly threatened that he'd be put on the state's sex offender registry, then was left alone to wait for his mother.

 

It does not appear any pornographic images were found on the teen's phone, but it did contain a file with audio of the sexual encounter. Police did not intend to pursue charges, records show, and they indicated they wanted to handle the matter in a way that ensured Corey understood the seriousness of his actions and how it affected his classmate.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-naperville-north-suicide-20170522-story.html

 

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[+ azdr0710]

just finished reading the linked Tribune article.....very tough story.....he must've been irretrievably petrified with fear.....with suicide the only way out

[marylander1940]

just finished reading the linked Tribune article.....very tough story.....he must've been irretrievably petrified with fear.....with suicide the only way out

 

No doubt, other articles say he was threaten with registration in the "sex offenders" data base. He was 16!

[TruthBTold]

It is clear that the school should never have left the teen by himself prior to his mother arriving. Then she could have spoken to him and the two could have made a decision whether he wished to speak further to the police or to do something else.

[+ nycman]

Tragic story.

 

In retrospect there are many things that could have been done differently.

 

Nonetheless, I'm not sure anyone is to blame.

[+ purplekow]

There is plenty of blame to go around. Is the recording of sexual encounters routine among teens? Is the word of a teen age girl enough to have the police called in as the first step? How does a school administration call in the police and then leave the student alone in a situation in which he may leave without being seen? Why are the police speaking with a minor in this situation? Had the parents been too harsh in their instructions to their son regarding the consequences of bad decision making?

No matter who shares a portion of the blame, this young life was needless ended as a result of fear and shame.

[BigK]

So sad. I mostly blame the over the top rhetoric and threats from the Gestapo like school security officer (who probably couldn't qualify to join a real police force).