http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5175477/New-Jersey-girl-8-killed-time-out.htmlAn eight-year-old New Jersey girl took her own life after reportedly reading a news story on Facebook about a Colorado girl who hanged herself in November.
Imani McCray had been sent to her room for a time out just before the suicide attempt.
Authorities said her family members tried to revive her before medics arrived.
Emergency crews were called to her family's apartment building in Newark on Sunday.
Imani had a faint pulse when paramedics arrived, but prosecutors said she was pronounced dead at the University Hospital in Newark, according to NBC New York.
Essex County prosecutors said they are trying to determine if Imani may have seen the story about 10-year-old Ashawnty Davis, who hanged herself in November, and copied what she had read.
Prosecutors also said Imani may have hanged herself in a case of tragic playacting at her home, according to NBC.
Imani would have turned nine years old next week. Her death comes a little over a week after Ashawnty was taken off life support.
Authorities said that there is no indication that Imani was bullied. Imani's family is making funeral arrangements.
The tragic deaths of Imani and Ashawnty are reminders that more than 3.2 million students who fall victim to bullying each year.
About 17 per cent of American students report being bullied two to three times a month or more within a school semester.
What a beautiful little girl. Whether it was bullying or play acting it is a shame that a young life is lost.