Remembering Ashlynn
Updated: November 12, 2012
VERMILION COUNTY -- A little girl's legacy lives on a year after her life was cut short. 10-year-old Ashlynn Conner was found dead a year ago in her home. Her family said she killed herself because she was being bullied.
"She had the most beautiful eyes in the world," said Ashlynn's cousin Heidi Paree. "I think her random, 'I love you's' is what I'll remember most about Ashlynn."
One year after her death, the pain from losing Ashlynn is just as strong. Now her family wants to make sure no one else suffers like she did.
"I would not wish this pain on my worst enemy," said Ashlynn's cousin Kaylee Hughes. "If we can get the message out to get one kid or one adult to stop bullying, we consider that many lives saved. All of us need to stand together and look past all of our differences and find beauty in all of our differences. There are differences in all of us. We need to stand for each other and not fall for bullying."
Family members say Ashlynn killed herself because she was being bullied. After interviews and an autopsy, authorities say the evidence didn't support bullying as the specific cause of death.
"She had the most beautiful eyes in the world," said Ashlynn's cousin Heidi Paree. "I think her random, 'I love you's' is what I'll remember most about Ashlynn."
One year after her death, the pain from losing Ashlynn is just as strong. Now her family wants to make sure no one else suffers like she did.
"I would not wish this pain on my worst enemy," said Ashlynn's cousin Kaylee Hughes. "If we can get the message out to get one kid or one adult to stop bullying, we consider that many lives saved. All of us need to stand together and look past all of our differences and find beauty in all of our differences. There are differences in all of us. We need to stand for each other and not fall for bullying."
Family members say Ashlynn killed herself because she was being bullied. After interviews and an autopsy, authorities say the evidence didn't support bullying as the specific cause of death.
Comments
This is the saddest story I have heard. Bulling is a terrible problem to deal with and something should be done!! The problem is the schools who let this go on. I live in Tuscola and my daughter is in high school. I have been in the school several time to talk to the priciple about her being bullied and nothing is ever done it just keeps getting worse. The more you tell the worse the principle treats her. I have talked to several other students about the bullying going on and they all say it is true that she is treated terrible by certain students and nothing is ever done!! A student from tuscola threatened to push another down the stairs because she was preganant and guess what the student is still there and the preganant girl quit. I just pisses me off everyday that they fire a good principal to replace him with the one we have!!
Cathy W.
November 12, 2012 at 12:48 am
