A 10-year-old's 'gut-wrenching' suicide: Is bullying to blame?

Parents in a small town in Illinois suspect their young daughter, Ashlynn Conner, took her own life after enduring years of bullying

Ashlynn Conner, an Illinois fifth grader
(Image credit: Screen shot, ABC News)

Ten-year-old Ashlynn Conner was described as a "happy go lucky" fifth grader who was always smiling and thinking of others. But, last Friday, she was found dead of an apparent suicide, just a day after complaining to her mother of being bullied by classmates and asking to be home-schooled. Here, a brief guide to her "tragic... gut-wrenching" death:

Who was Ashlynn Conner?

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