Port Coquitlam teen driven to death by cyberbullying

Port Coquitlam teen driven to death by cyberbullying (with video) 

Her legacy is an online video in which she documents her personal hell 

By Gillian Shaw and Lori Culbert, 
Vancouver Sun October 12, 2012

The mother of a teenager who died Wednesday of suspected suicide wants her daughter’s anti-cyber-bullying video to be used to help other young people.

Fifteen-year-old Amanda Todd was found dead in a Port Coquitlam home at 6 p.m. Wednesday, five weeks after she posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube detailing how she was harassed online and bullied. 

“I think the video should be shared and used as an anti-bullying tool. That is what my daughter would have wanted,” Carol Todd, Amanda’s mother, told The Vancouver Sun in a message on Twitter. 
  
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