SUICIDE VICTIM RECALLED BY CLASSMATES.Byline: Troy Anderson Daily News Staff Writer Classmates Classmates can refer to either:
v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es v.tr. 1. To annoy or pester; vex. 2. To make fun of; mock playfully. 3. and even beat a 17-year-old Kennedy High School student who committed suicide, friends of the youth said Monday evening at a viewing at Utter-McKinley Mortuary mor·tu·ar·y n. A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. . Family members, friends and classmates filled the Mission Hills mortuary Monday evening for an open casket viewing of Geraldo Lopez Jr., who cited the Colorado massacre in his suicide note A suicide note is a message left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide. It is estimated that 12-20% of suicides are accompanied by a note.[1] However, incidence rates may depend on race, method of suicide, and cultural differences and may reach rates as high . ``He was my best friend since third grade,'' said Alex Ramirez, 19, of Mission Hills. ``He made people laugh. Even though other people made fun of him, he didn't put them down. Those people now regret what they did.'' Crisis counselors at the high school have been working with students since last Wednesday. Lopez had left a note beginning with his thoughts about the Colorado shooting, his family said. Some family members don't believe the Colorado shootings prompted his suicide, but his sister, Claudia Lopez, said the shootings may have been the final push. Similar to reports that classmates had teased the Colorado students, Ramirez said Lopez was teased and beaten. ``He did it because people made fun of him,'' Ramirez said. Funeral services funeral service n → misa de cuerpo presente funeral service n → service m funèbre funeral service funeral n for Lopez will be held today at 10:30 a.m. at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Pacoima. |
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