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INDIANA BOY, 10, KILLS HIMSELF AFTER SUFFERING HORRIFIC BULLYING — PARENTS SAY
THEY COMPLAINED TO SCHOOL 20 TIMES

By Emily Crane

Published May 15, 2024
Updated May 15, 2024, 1:43 p.m. ET

A 10-year-old Indiana boy killed himself after being bullied relentlessly at
school, according to his family — who claim to have raised the alarm at least 20
times in the last year.

Sammy Teusch, a fourth-grader at Greenfield Intermediate School, was bullied
right up until the night he died by suicide on May 5, according to his family.

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“I held him in my arms,” his dad, Sam Teusch, told WTHR. “I did the thing no
father should ever have to do, and any time I close my eyes, it’s all I can
see.”

Sammy’s parents, Sam and Nichole, said they complained to the school roughly 20
times about the bullying that started last year when he was in elementary
school.

“They were making fun of him for his glasses in the beginning, then on to make
fun of his teeth. It went on for a long time,” his dad said.

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His Greenfield, Indiana, parents say their 10-year-old son Sammy killed himself
after relentless bullying. Nicole Teusch/Facebook
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Sammy in a 2019 photo. Tyler Mills/Facebook
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Sammy in a photo posted to GoFundMe. Gofundme

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“He was beat up on the school bus, and the kids broke his glasses and
everything,” he said.

“I called the school, and I’m like, ‘What are you doing about this? It keeps
getting worse, and worse, and worse,'” the dad claimed.

The school district’s superintendent, Dr. Harold Olin, denied any bullying
reports had ever been submitted by either the parents or the boy.

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However, he acknowledged that the school’s administrators and counselor had
regular conversations with the family throughout the year, without elaborating
because of confidentiality rules.

The schoolboy’s family insisted their fears had been made clear.

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“They knew this was going on. They knew this was going on,” the dad said.

Sammy’s grandmother, Cynthia Teusch, was furious at the district for claiming it
has a zero-tolerance policy on bullying.

”That they can’t just say they have zero tolerance because that doesn’t mean
there is zero tolerance about bullies, their zero tolerance means that they
don’t have responsibility for it,” she told WPTA.

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Sammy’s parents, Nicole and Sam Teusch, speak during an interview. WTHR 13News

“People trust their kids to the school, but now that trust is breaking down.”

The boy’s mom, Nichole, believes her son took his life because the constant
bullying — especially an unspecified incident in a bathroom last week — left him
too afraid to go to school.

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“He was my little boy. He was my baby. He was the youngest one,” she told WTHR.

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health
crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and
confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can
dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to
SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.


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