The teen sexting tragedy occured at 13 year old girl Hope Witsell when she killed herself after sending a topless photo of herself to a boy she liked in her high school. Someone else intercepted the picture text and forwarded it to other students in the school. Hope soon became a victim of bullying and taunting:

“The hallways were not fun at that time — she’d walk into class and somebody would say, ‘Oh, here comes the slut’,” Hope’s friend, Lane James, told the newspaper.

This is the second sexting tragedy to occur in the US. Eighteen-year-old Jesse Logan also committed suicide after nude pictures she’d sent to an ex-boyfriend were forwarded to hundreds of other students.