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NJ Teen Took Fatal Leap From NYC Hotel Rooftop After Breakup: Report NJ Teen Took Fatal Leap From NYC Hotel Rooftop After Breakup: Report
NJ Teen Took Fatal Leap From NYC Hotel Rooftop After Breakup: Report Community support is growing for the family of a 17-year-old boy from Central Jersey who went missing and was later found dead. Noah Legaspi, of Metuchen, went missing on Thursday, Aug 17. He was last heard from in Perth Amboy.  On Wednesday, Aug. 22, Noah's family announced he had been found dead, after having jumped from the Deutsche Bank Center in New York City, according to the NY Daily News. According to the outlet, Noah and his girlfriend had broken up just before he got into a taxi and somehow ended up in New York City. Noah rode a freight elevator to the Columbus Circle b…

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by Jon Craig
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Fairview Girl, 13, Clings To Life As Horrifying Video Of Apartment Building Plunge Spreads Fairview Girl, 13, Clings To Life As Horrifying Video Of Apartment Building Plunge Spreads
Fairview Girl, 13, Clings To Life As Horrifying Video Of Apartment Building Plunge Spreads UPDATE: A young girl from Fairview was clinging to life on Thursday as a video of her plunging from the roof of a multi-story apartment building horrifyingly continued spreading online. It's only nine seconds long, but it's a terrifying image that you cannot unsee. Yet somehow people believe the video of what may prove to be the final waking moments of the anguished teen's life is acceptable to share. "Seems every child in the school systems of Fairview and Cliffside has seen this video in school today -- including my child and who knows how many others?" one upset parent said. A group of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School
Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School UPDATE: Superintendent Resigns After Controversial Comments On Jersey Shore Teen's Suicide Adriana Olivia Kuch was always a happy child, her father Michael Kuch says. "She was a wild child," he told Daily Voice on Thursday, Feb. 9. "She wanted to have fun." On Feb. 3, Kuch and his wife found their 14-year-old daughter dead by suicide in their Bayville home — two days after she was the victim of an attack in the halls of Central Regional High School. Kuch says these types of attacks at the hands of a group of girls have been an ongoing issue at CRHS, and now, he's calling for action. "Th…

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by Cecilia Levine