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The bad side of social media shaming: Izzy's Story

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Published on May 31, 2015

The purpose of this upload is to hopefully discourage another parent from engaging in shame videos.

This video was uploaded to youtube after Izzy committed suicide. I am not not the Father/Stepfather

Read the words Izzy posted in August 2014.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105608993...

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King5reporter Jesse asks you contact him if you knew Izzy. Jnutson2@king5.com
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Lizzy's story illustrates the harm it causes. She jumped to her death from the 48th street bridge in Tacoma WA on 5/29/15 Friday after the original of this video was posted on social media (instagram?)
Per media reports, her Father denies that he actually posted it originally to social media. Could it have been a step-father? Not sure.

She passed away on 5/31/15 from her injuries.

After Lizzy committed suicide, the playback version of the video surfaced on facebook in outrage of what had occurred to Lizzy. Many could not see this fb version due to technology limitations, so this video was uploaded to youtube. The original version of the video that was originally believed to be posted by the male speaker, it was removed from social media after she committed suicide.

We wonder what attention would've been given to Izzy's death, had this rerecorded video not surfaced.

●Her story can be read here: ●
http://tacomastories.com/2015/05/30/p...

●Her memorial video here:●
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OxPtSiavC...

●Memorial Flip of pics here. Heartbreaking●
http://flipagram.com/f/WXJbjUUW8m

●Her words on her Google plus account (we've saved screen shots just in case it is deleted)
https://plus.google.com/1056089934003...

●●The driver who's vehicle Izzy hit on the wsy down has set up a gofundme. We hope Izzy's family will help cover some of the damages. http://www.gofundme.com/frutosfamily

● Izzy's Father/Family has a gofundme set up for expenses related to the death. (Originally it stated it was so that he could stay home and take care of the other children. It has since been removed after accumulating well over $8000. We have screenshots of the account if needed)●
http://www.gofundme.com/vv4mkwk

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You can help by sharing this video when you see parents engaging in shame videos, and by contacting suicide hotlines 1 (800) 273-8255 if a teen says they will be committing suicide. Take these words seriously.

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Rest in Peace IZABEL LAXAMANA. You voice is not unheard.

8/13/2014
She commented on a video that helped her..
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I feel hated most of the time im in school i feel looked down on and i get judged alot.... But what keeps me going is people like kian who have gone through the same thing as me... In a school with so many people its weird to say "i feel alone" but the truth is that you really do feel alone. So thanks for everything kian....
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https://youtu.be/BuaP_-RCCa8
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Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends as they grieve this senseless tragedy.

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