--- title: Two Girls Arrested Over Bullying-Related Suicide description: Two girls have been arrested in Florida after bragging on Facebook about their role in a cyber bullying suicide. A 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl have been charged as juveniles with third-deg --- Latest Guide | Transform how you manage policies with our interactive guide [![Ideagen School Governance Horizontal 2024](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/hubfs/Ideagen%20School%20Governance%20Horizontal%202024.svg "Ideagen School Governance Horizontal 2024")](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au) * * Search ** Search [![Subscribe](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3786587/5eb7c708-5720-4c0c-874c-53f035b1dac7.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3786587/5eb7c708-5720-4c0c-874c-53f035b1dac7) - [ Boarding Schools ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/boarding-schools) - [ COVID-19/Coronavirus ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/covid-19-coronavirus) - [ Child Protection ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/child-protection) - [ Early Learning ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/early-learning) - [ Excursions ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/excursions) - [ Gov, Risk and Compliance ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/governance-risk-compliance) - [ Human Resources ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/human-resources) - [ Overseas Students ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/overseas-students) - [ Privacy & Complaints Handling ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/privacy-complaints-handling) - [ School Gov & Executives ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/school-governance-executives) - [ School Registration ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/school-registration) - [ Social Media ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/social-media) - [ Student Wellbeing ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/student-wellbeing) - [ Workplace Safety ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/workplace-safety) - [ Weekly Wrap ](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/tag/weekly-wrap) ###### Article ## Two Girls Arrested Over Bullying-Related Suicide 19/10/13 [![Bullying](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_1085259374-300x200-1.jpg?width=300&height=200&name=shutterstock_1085259374-300x200-1.jpg)](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_1085259374-1.jpg)Two girls have been arrested in Florida after bragging on Facebook about their role in a cyber bullying suicide. A 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl have been [charged](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/florida-cyberbullying-rebecca-sedwick-two-girls-arrested) as juveniles with third-degree felony aggravated stalking, in relation to the suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick. The girls along with as many as 15 other girls repeatedly tormented Rebecca online, intimidated her, called her names, told her “to drink bleach and die”, threatened to beat her up at school. “Yes, I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself but I don’t give a … and you can add the last word yourself,” the sheriff said, quoting a Facebook post the older girl had made. If convicted, it is not clear how much time, if any at all, the girls would spend in juvenile detention because they did not have any previous criminal history, the sheriff said. The girls are still being investigated and a decision as to whether the parents should be charged is being made. Despite Florida’s law, the **Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act**, named after a teenager who killed himself after being harassed by classmates, which was amended on July 1 to cover cyber bullying, law enforcement could also seek more traditional charges such as stalking and battery. ###### Share this [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/2013/10/20/two-girls-arrested-over-bullying-related-suicide%20&body=Check%20out%20https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/2013/10/20/two-girls-arrested-over-bullying-related-suicide](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/2013/10/20/two-girls-arrested-over-bullying-related-suicide%20&body=Check%20out%20https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/news/2013/10/20/two-girls-arrested-over-bullying-related-suicide) ##### About the Author ![](https://www.schoolgovernance.net.au/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(24).png) **CompliSpace** CompliSpace is Ideagen’s SaaS-enabled solution that helps organisations in highly-regulated industries meet their governance, risk, compliance and policy management obligations. ## Resources you may like ###### Article ##### Setting your boarding staff up for success: why policy clarity matters Boarding governance touches on child safety, complaints handling, student health, and much more.... 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