Phoebe Prince
Nine teens have been charged after police found a connection between them and the suicide of Phoebe Prince, bullying victim in January 14th. Charges vary between harassment and statuory rape. The announcement was made by District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel.
Police are investigating whether cyberbullies contributed to the suicide of a teen in the Long Island, N.Y. town of West Islip. The nasty messages continued to show up online even after her death, reports CBS News Correspondent Jeff Glor.
Phoebe Prince Death – 9 Teens Charged
Soccer star Alexis Pilkington, 17, took her own life March 21 following vicious taunts on social networking sites — which persisted postmortem on Internet tribute pages, worsening the grief of her family and friends.




Alexis’ parents downplayed the role the Internet played in her suicide, saying their daughter was in counseling before she ever signed up with FormSpringMe.com, a new social networking site, where many of the attacks appeared. Read more here
Krysten Moore is a 20-year-old former Miss Teen New Jersey who knows first-hand the toll that cyber-bullying can take. She endured merciless harassment for much of her teen years and is now speaking out, trying to empower other young people. Ross Ellis is the founder of Love Our Children USA, an organization committed to ending violence against children and helping parents protect their children from bullying. On “The Early Show” Monday, they discussed increasing efforts to crack down on cyberbullying and make teens aware of it.