Hundreds Gather to Remember 10-Year-Old Sammy Teuch Who Took His Own Life After Being Relentlessly Bullied [Video]

An Indiana fourth-grader took his own life earlier this month after enduring what his family has called severe bullying at the hands of several students. 

10-year-old Sammy Teusch had pointed out a fellow classmate to his dad on May 4th while attending his big brother’s soccer game. That classmate along with several others had been relentlessly bullying Sammy, his dad says. The next morning, Sammy died by suicide. He was found in his bedroom by his 13-year-old brother, Xander. 

Sammy, the youngest of nine children in a blended family, became the target of relentless bullying shortly after the family relocated from Pensacola, Florida to Greenfield, Indiana, in 2022. 

“Sammy was smaller than a lot of the other kids, so it started with that,” Sammy’s father Samuel Teusch told People. 

Teusch says he always encouraged his son to find compassion for those who were targeting him, reminding him that other kids may not have a good …