Family members are continuing to seek answers to their questions in the case of a DeKalb County youth who killed himself last week after reportedly being bullied at school.Jaheem Herrera, 11, a fifth-grader at Dunaire Elementary School, died after using a belt to hang himself from a bedroom closet. Herrera reportedly returned from school last Thursday and soon after went upstairs and locked the door to his bedroom. He was later discovered by his 10-year-old sister, who attends the same school.
Family members say they complained to school officials that Herrera was being bullied at school, but their pleas went unanswered. Herrera was reportedly being bullied because he spoke differently and looked different than other kids in his grade.
The family relocated to DeKalb County from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands less than a year ago.
School officials have not commented for the most part on the incident, other than to say that they sent a letter out to parents regarding the incident, and that there is an anti-bullying program in place in the school system. Dunaire Elementary School serves students in pre-K through fifth grades.
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