14 year old suicided to end rape case charges even though culprit admits it

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Rape Charge Dropped After 14-Year-Old Accuser Commits "Suicide"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/samantha-kelly-suicide-rape-charge-dropped_n_781955.html
COREY WILLIAMS | 11/10/10 10:49 PM | 

HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Samantha Kelly endured merciless taunting from classmates after they learned that the high school freshman had accused a senior of rape. The weeks of harassment eventually became too much. Samantha went home from school Monday and hanged herself in this community southwest of Detroit. With their key witness dead, prosecutors on Wednesday dropped criminal charges against the older student, saying they had no case without the accuser's testimony. Samantha's mother screamed at 18-year-old Joseph Tarnopolski after his brief court appearance and had to be restrained by a relative. She told reporters she was not consulted about the decision to dismiss the third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge.


FYI - the 18 year old admits to statutory rape of the now dead 14 year old and he has also been made aware that another underage victim is pursuing criminal charges. Additionally, a 14 year old girl committing suicide by hanging has to be fairly uncommon

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Good detailed account of the sequence of events:

http://www.freep.com/article/20101111/COL04/11110609/Teens-life-too-short----too-public