“Tragic Secrets Revealed: What Led to a 12-Year-Old’s Heartbreaking Decision After Years of Bullying”
- Parents share final moments with Charlotte on 60 Minutes to fulfill her last wish.
- Charlotte’s improved mood before her death stunned her family.
- Bullying on social media pushed Charlotte to take her life.
- The Howards are advocating to ban social media for under 16s.
“We were aware she had been struggling, but the last two weeks were the best we’d seen her in a long time,” Mat shared, recounting how blindsided he felt by his daughter’s improved mood just before she took her own life.
“It felt like we were finally making progress. She had a great day at school, and Kelly made her favorite dinner,” the father explained. “She was so excited, she ran into the house, ate her meal, and later skipped to bed.”
The parents of Charlotte O’Brien, the teenager who was “bullied to death,” shared details of their final moments with their daughter on 60 Minutes
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“That was the last time we saw her,” Mat said before breaking down in tears, firmly clutching the teddy bear Charlotte’s ashes are being stored inside of.
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Charlotte was a Year 7 student at Santa Sabina College in Sydney’s inner-west. Before the incident, she left her parents handwritten notes. The letters contained her final wishes, with one urging her mother to keep going for her baby brother, Will, and another asking them to share her story.
