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Jessica Logan, 18, hanged herself after her boyfriend circulated a nude photo of her

More and more teenagers are getting caught "sexting," or sending racy, revealing or nude pictures of themselves on their cell phones. But when that picture gets in the wrong hands, it can be devastating. One local couple says "sexting" cost them their daughter.

Jessie Logan was 18 years old and about to graduate from Sycamore High School when a nude picture she sent to her boyfriend was sent to hundreds of students at schools around the Tri-State.

Last May, Jessie talked to News 5's Sheree Paolello about how embarrassed and humiliated she was. She said she was being harassed and teased by other students, at home, at school and when she went out.

As she tried to explain what it was like, Jessie broke down crying. "I still get harassed and stuff," she said. "I just want to make sure no one else will have to go through this same thing."

Jessie was trying to be strong. She wanted to warn other parents and kids. But Jessie's mom, Cynthia Logan, says the teasing turned to torture.

"She was called filthy names, things thrown at her," said Cynthia. "Every single place she went they knew about that picture, they saw the picture. They knew about the picture! It's abuse. She was abused."

Cynthia says the moment her daughter's private picture was sent out for everyone to see, things spiraled out of control. Jessie's grades plummeted, she started skipping school and Cynthia says when Jessie would go to school, she would hide in the bathroom to avoid being teased.

Scatterlung wrote:Here' some hippy **** to consider:

When you're in a relatioship with someone, you tend to trust them. A lot.

I don't think it crossed her mind that the person she trusted enough with her body would go and do something like this. Some people are just not that good a judge of character.

But it doesn't occur in the mind of the smitten that their partner might turn around one day and do something this humiliating.

Kids do things like this. Because of naivity and hormones and whatever.

So I think only the boyfriend can really be held accountable. Loads of partners share photos, but it takes the particularly stupid to trivialise the romantic nature of it and turn it into something damaging.

Space Ace 24 wrote:What an ass! Does anyone think the "Everyone knows her" thing was a little over exagerated? Everyone didn't have that picture. I don't. I doubt anyone on Seibs has it. No one at my school has it. Why couldn't she move out-of-state? That's my 2 cents.

Wheeljack35 wrote:How does something like this make you want to off yourself?

Shadowman wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:How does something like this make you want to off yourself?

So I take it you've never been teased and humiliated by everyone at your high school?

Shadowman wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:How does something like this make you want to off yourself?

So I take it you've never been teased and humiliated by everyone at your high school?

Shadowman wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:How does something like this make you want to off yourself?

So I take it you've never been teased and humiliated by everyone at your high school?

Shadowman wrote:Now that's not to say the boyfriend is completely devoid of guilt; it's one thing to show a friend or two who you know are going to keep things on the down-low, it's another entirely to send it to everyone.

Scatterlung wrote:Kids do things like this. Because of naivity and hormones and whatever.

Wheeljack35 wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:How does something like this make you want to off yourself?

So I take it you've never been teased and humiliated by everyone at your high school?

Oh hell yeah I was but guess what?

I'm here and I graduated 25 years ago

...and no i'm not a a zombie

Wheelimus Prime wrote:anyways with what the above poster is saying:
im probably the most made fun of kid in my grade. does it bother me no, not really because i have other problems to deal with.

original sin wrote:
But, torture from school added onto your life problems can cause a lot of problems.

Torment at home and school led me to thinking about suicide quite a few times. Does that mean I'm a coward for considering it? No, it means that I've been scraping at the bottom of the barrel looking for help that's never really there and I keep myself alive. She shouldn't have killed herself, but I can't fault her for it. I've been there.