Parents: Ontonagon sixth-grade girl takes own life after months of alleged harrassment by classmate
Kimberly Eileen Linczeski, 12, of Ontonagon was a sixth-grade student at the Ontonagon Area Junior-Senior High School. She died March 6. (Linczeski family photo)
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating whether bullying by a classmate may have contributed to 12-year-old Kimberly Linczeski taking her own life. Sheriff John Gravier said Wednesday an investigator from his department was continuing to conduct interviews and the case remains open. The parents of Kimberly — who was a sixth-grade student at the Ontonagon Area Junior-Senior High School — said they believe there is a definite connection. “I know my daughter inside and out and this is nothing she would have done if she had thought about it for more than 30 seconds,” said Kimberly’s mother Karen. “She was hurting and this is something she just did. That’s what we believe. There was never any indication this was planned.” Police were called to the Linczeski residence in the village of Ontonagon March 3. “We received a call at 4:38 p.m.,” Gravier said. Reaching the home, deputies learned Kimberly had died by self-asphyxiation.
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