The Story of Phoebe Prince

One of the most infamous stories of cyber bullying is that of Pheobe Prince, a 15-year-old girl who had moved from Ireland to a small town in Massachusetts. She began dating a popular jock, and a lot of girls became jealous. Phoebe got ridiculed on facebook and myspace, also at school. One day, as Phoebe was walking home from school, the girls who were bullying her drove past and threw an energy drink at her head as they shouted more mean things to her. When Phoebe got inside, she hung herself in her closet, for her 12-year-old sister to walk in and find. Phoebe was supposed to be going back to Ireland in a few weeks to visit her father. She did make it back to Ireland eventually, however it was in a casket. Kevin Cullen reports, “Phoebe’s family decided to bury her in County Clare. They wanted an ocean between her and the people who hounded her to the grave.” Six teens have been hit with multiple charges in this case.