Teen suicide following public shaming by father's internet video


Screenshot from YouTube user Sirena Covington

    
A 13-year-old girl from Washington State jumped off an overpass in Tacoma days after her father posted a YouTube video showing the aftermath of a punishment for an undisclosed misdeed.

Izabel Laxamana jumped off an overpass on Interstate 5 on Friday, May 29. She died the following day at a Seattle hospital.

Days before, her father, Jeff, reportedly posted a YouTube video of an apparently sullen Izabel.

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a male says from behind the camera.

The camera is then pointed downward to a pile of black hair on the ground.

he asks.

she says.

he asks.

she responds.

The original 15-second video has been removed from YouTube. A friend of Izabel's, however, posted a copy of the video after saving the original.

YouTube user Lift Up wrote.

Lift Up added.

The impetus for Izabel's suicide is still unknown. According to Jezebel.com, she posted a note about being bullied in school on Google Plus last year.

YouTube user Lift Up said Izabel's father had set up a GoFundMe account

Lift Up wrote.

A GoFundMe page was also set up to cover damages for the driver whose vehicle was hit by Izabel's body.

A memorial video for Izabel was posted on YouTube.

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