Ashlynn Conner, a 10-year-old girl from Illinois, committed suicide Friday after enduring bullying at school, including comments that she “looked like a boy” after she got a short haircut.

Her family says the bullying had gone on for several years. Bullies made fun of Ashlynn, a fifth-grader, for how she looked. They called her a boy and said she was “fat,” “ugly” and a “slut.”

The day before she took her life, she told her mother she wanted to be homeschooled because of the bullies. Her mother said she’d discuss it with the principal that week. 

My heart is broken. We cannot let this go unnoticed. Rest peacefully, Ashlynn. Prayers go out to her family and friends.