Tragic! 10-Year-Old Colorado Girl Hangs Herself After Being Bullied

This story hammers in the fact that school bullying isn't just child's play: It can have serious and even deadly consequences. 

Just ask Ashawnty Davis' family, who have to bury their ten-year-old daughter because she killed herself after being severely taunted at school. Beyond tragic.

According to KDVR News, the bullied Colorado elementary school student hung herself after realizing that a fight she was involved in was posted online. 

Her mother, Latoshia Harris, said that the physical confrontation between her daughter and a bully was caught on tape while a group of other children just watched. 

Apparently, when the incident was posted online, Ashawnty was "devastated." 

“She was devastated when she found out it had made it to Musical.ly,” Anthony Davis recalled.

After the video was posted online, Harris added that the bullying only got worse. “My daughter came home two weeks later and hanged herself in the closet,” Harris said.

The ten-year-old didn't die instantly: She spent nearly two weeks at Children’s Hospital Colorado on life support before passing. “It’s just devastating,” Davis told the news station. He added, "She was just a child of joy and she brought joy to everyone."

Since her death, officials at the Sunrise Elementary School where she attended issued the following statement: 

"We do not tolerate bullying of any kind in our schools and we have a comprehensive bullying prevention program in place at all of our schools. The safety and wellbeing of students is our highest priority and we strive every today to ensure schools are safe, welcoming and supportive places that support learning.

"We were made aware of that video when a media outlet approached us with it. We took immediate action in response, turning the video over to police and addressing the matter with students.

"It should also be noted that the video did not take place during school hours.”

But...that fight went down on school grounds.

In the meantime, Ashawnty's parents want for others to know that "bullycide"—when a child commits suicide as a result of being bullied—is a serious problem. 

“We have to stop it and we have to stop it within our kids,” Davis said. They hope that Ashawnty’s story will help save other lives and help put an end to bullying for good.

“I want other parents to know that it’s happening,” Harris said. “That was my baby and I love my baby and I just want mothers to listen.”

Hopefully, everyone is paying attention, because no one should lose a child like this.  Sending our prayers to this family.