Schoolgirl, 16, kills herself after cruel bullies taunted her over her weight and glasses

A precocious schoolhouse sophomore took her ain life aft being relentlessly bullied by chap students astatine school.

Stephenie 'Stevie' English died connected September 22 at conscionable 16 - leaving down a loving family who only recovered retired astir nan bullying aft she was dead.

An big friend collecting letters from Stevie's classmates made nan find - recalling Wednesday really '90 percent of nan letters' had been apologetic for repeated instances of bullying.

'I'm truthful sorry astir nan measurement you were treated', immoderate said, according to Amber Murphy - others, 'You didn't merit to beryllium treated this way.'

Stevie's friends went connected to corroborate respective instances of bullying complete nan girl's weight and glasses, arsenic staffers astatine D'Iberville High support they received nary specified reports. One said Stevie had been pushed down a group of stairs by a antheral student.

'He conscionable looked astatine her and laughed and walked away,' 14-year-old Abby Powers told The Sun Herald, laying retired nan alleged incident she said occurred this past August.

She added how Stevie, 1 of her closest friends, refused to study what happened, because she didn't deliberation thing would beryllium done.

The precocious schooler added really Stevie was near pinch bruises connected her backmost aft nan onslaught - 1 of respective incidents that she and others now opportunity led to nan girl's suicide.

'As I started getting to cognize her, I realized she was getting bullied,' nan woman who had met Stevie 4 years agone while playing softball went connected to reveal.

'I cognize plentifulness of group who told her to disconnected herself.'

She gave nan question and reply alongside her mother, Kiersten Ellis, who claimed she had went arsenic acold arsenic to locomotion Stevie to nan schoolhouse agency to study nan bullying. 

She did truthful respective times, apparently to nary avail.

Kiersten went connected to callback really kids picking connected Stevie would telephone her 'fat' and 'four eyes', and really nan woman astatine 1 constituent approached her to opportunity she was tired of nan 'nagging.' 

Abby described really Stevie would regularly spell to nan bath for agelong periods earlier reemerging pinch bloodshot eyes.

'She would put her caput down connected her table successful ROTC [Reserve Officers' Training Corps] and cry,' nan woman recalled, referring to nan inferior activity training and improvement programme for aspiring servicemen disposable astatine nan school.

Things would only escalate from there, others revealed - pinch friends past describing a peculiarly harrowing lawsuit that occurred nan week earlier Stevie died.

It happened extracurricular nan school, adjacent its parking lot, respective said - where Stevie and her fellow were parked successful his truck. 

They had been having an friendly moment, those acquainted pinch what happened admitted - earlier adding how, unbeknownst to nan couple, astatine slightest 1 boy was signaling them from nan parking lot.

A consequent video went connected to move passim nan schoolhouse - leaving Stevie beside herself, friends who said to nan Herald said.

She and nan boy were suspended for nan remainder of nan week, starring her dad, Jason Walker English, to get involved.

The doting dada besides said to nan paper, recalling really by nan extremity of nan week, he had taken her to talk pinch her counselor, earlier staying by her broadside Friday and Saturday.

Saturday nighttime was nan past clip he said to her, Jason said - recalling really she wished him 'goodnight' earlier going to bed.

The adjacent morning, she was recovered dormant - from an evident suicide.    

'Stevie was a beautiful personification who made a horrible decision, a imperishable decision,' her dada said successful a statement, adding that he was not fresh to beryllium interviewed.

'Before we idolize immoderate hashtag, societal media inclination aliases spell retired and bully someone, retrieve location is immoderate different boy aliases woman retired location who mightiness spot it, hunt for it aliases conscionable stumble crossed it and deliberation termination is nan correct reply - It is not. 

'There is nary hurt, nary calamity aliases problem, that Jesus cannot fix,' he concluded.

His parents, however, did speak to nan paper, to connection moreover much penetration down nan bullying run they blasted for Stevie's death.

'There's nary uncertainty successful my mind that Stevie did what she did because she couldn't spell backmost to schoolhouse and look that,' said Ginny English, who did not instantly respond to a DailyMail.com petition for remark Wednesday afternoon.

She did item really 1 of nan girls who had bullied Stevie attended her ceremonial successful Long Beach - and recalled really she had learned nan child's personality from respective of Stevie's friends.

According to them, nan woman had erstwhile told Stevie that she should termination herself, starring Ginny to attack her astatine nan intense ceremony.

The unnamed youngster responded by breaking down into tears, leading Ginny to springiness her a hug, she recalled.

She told nan girl, 'We tin forgive you, but do better', earlier her husband, Steve English, stepped successful to talk nan consequent investigation from the Harrison County Sheriff that grounded to find immoderate bullying.

An interrogator handling nan lawsuit told him really he had interviewed astir '50 aliases 60 kids', only to find nary grounds of immoderate wrongdoing.

Steve moreover recalled viewing the video taken of Stevie and her boyfriend, which he said was filmed from truthful acold distant nan only measurement he was capable to admit her was because of her curly hair.

Meanwhile, his wife, speaking to nan Herald 2 weeks aft Stevie's death, claimed nan bullying is still occurring moreover 'in death.'

She claimed students were still saying mean things astir Stevie and mocking her decease to Abby while connected nan bus. 

'They're calling her a whore,' she said - pinch Abby adding that she reported nan incidents to an adjunct principal, who fto nan kids responsible disconnected pinch a warning.

The woman claimed nan bullying continues, pinch nan group responsible moreover going to travel up pinch a crass sanction for nan kids who had been friends pinch nan deceased - The Goon Squad.

'Every azygous 1 of them,' Murphy said of students astatine nan schoolhouse successful Biloxi. 'They knew she was being bullied.' 

'Stevie is still being bullied successful death,' Ginny added. 

Abby's mother, Holly Powers, told nan paper: 'What makes maine huffy is nan schoolhouse says they person zero tolerance for bullies but they don't do thing astir it.'

Bullying is prohibited nether Mississippi law. Staffers are expected to study instances to higher-ups, who person policies successful spot to reside it. 

The school, portion of nan Harrison County School District, maintained during nan now-finished investigation that it received nary reports she was bullied. 

The relationship was substantiated by section police.

The territory reportedly refused to speak connected nan taxable erstwhile contacted by nan Herald.