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Illinois Police: 10-Year-Old Committed Suicide
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 5:02 am
By: Associated Press
EVANSTON, Ill. - Illinois police have concluded that a 10-year-old boy who died after he was found hanging from a hook in an elementary school bathroom stall committed suicide.
Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther says investigators determined that fifth-grader Aquan Lewis was "unhappy" on Feb. 3 when he hanged himself at Oakton Elementary School.
At a news conference Tuesday, Guenther also said physical evidence - including the child's footprint on a toilet seat - indicates the boy hanged himself on the hook in the bathroom stall where he was found.
Earlier this month, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office ruled the boy's death was a suicide. But the boy's mother has said she didn't believe her son would kill himself.
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Ann Lewis (right), the mother of 10-year-old Aquan Lewis, reacts at the news of her son's death at school. (AP)
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