-Avier Wanjou Brass-

Cousins!

This does not sit well with us, and we are sure it will not sit well with you either, please bare yourselves because this is a touchy story, with a definite trigger warning!

At the age of 10, Isabella “Izzy” Faith Tichenor, committed suicide from being “belittled and bullied” at Foxboro Elementary School in North Salt Lake. The black fifth-grader, who suffered from autism, was found by her family hanging in the closet on Nov. 6. 

According to Yahoo News, Izzy’s mother, Brittany Tichenor-Cox, says she reached out to teachers, school officials, and the Davis school district. To talk about how Izzy’s peers have been mistreating her, but no one took action to her complaints. Tichenor-Cox tells KUTV, “Nothing. Nothing was done to protect Izzy. Children did not have their behavior corrected, so the torment of this child continued day after day.”

According to Tichenor-Cox, Izzy felt her teacher did not like her and treated her differently from other classmates. As stated by KSL, Izzy also brought air fresheners one day after the teacher told the class they stunk. Tichenor-Cox said that this led to even more bullying from students.

The family held a vigil on Nov. 9 to honor Izzy’s memory and awareness to end bullying. There has been a GoFundMe page to help her family. So far, they have raised more than $143,000 as of Nov. 17. 

In a statement, Davis School District said that they are “devastated” over Izzy’s death and vowed to investigate the matter. “Our hearts go out to the family. Foxboro Elementary has worked extensively with the family and will continue to provide help to them and others impacted by this tragedy. We take all incidents and reports of bullying seriously.” 

Our prayers remain with the family!