Family, friends to remember teen who committed suicide after bullying
Posted Apr 12, 2013 12:57 pm.
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HALIFAX – Family and friends of Rehtaeh Parsons will gather today to say goodbye to the young woman who took her own life after months of bullying.
A funeral is being held for the 17-year-old at Saint Mark’s Anglican Church in Halifax.
The service comes a day after the RCMP announced it would reopen its investigation into an alleged sexual assault of Parsons in 2011.
Police say they received new and credible information from a source they claim is willing to work with them.
On Monday, her family went public with her suicide, which they said stemmed from months of bullying that was the result of the alleged assault by four boys when she was 15 years old.
At the time, the RCMP and Nova Scotia’s Public Prosecution Service said there were insufficient grounds to lay charges.
