Izabel Laxamana Suicide: Girl, 13, Jumps Off Bridge After Father Cuts Off Her Hair For Public Shaming Video
A beautiful 13-year-old girl with long and flowing black hair was publicly shamed by her father for an unknown offense. The father decided that a proper punishment for the offense would be to chop off her gorgeous black hair and post the video online. In the video it shows the girl with her newly chopped off hair as she stands next to a pile of her beautiful black locks on the floor. However, the public humiliation and punishment apparently took an emotional toll on the child, who jumped off a bridge onto a busy interstate just days after the video was uploaded online. Izabel Laxamana, who attended Giaudrone Middle School in Tacoma, Washington, exited the passengerâs seat of her grandmotherâs vehicle, climbed over the bridge railing, and jumped âwithout hesitationâ from the bridge before landing on a car below. The young girl had committed suicide.
The News Tribune reports that a girl âjumped or fellâ off the bridge at around 5 p.m. on Friday and died in the hospital on Saturday. Since the incident, friends and parents that knew the young girl have taken to social media to express their disbelief and sadness over the passing of Izabel, who many just call âIzzyâ.
In addition to expressing grief, others are expressing anger at the âabuseâ that Izzy suffered at the hands of her father. A parent who was assisting in Izabelâs science class noted that the girl was crying and that had she known what the student had been through she would have called the police.
âWe all got the word at the bridge. Lots of Sobbing and hugging going around. I am glad I was there with my daughter to support her and her feelings through this. If I had know what izzy was crying about in science class when I was there, I would of taken her home with me and called police.â
The âpublic shamingâ that many reference in their outpouring of support of Izzyâs plight occurred via Instagram. The girlâs father can be seen videoing the teen as she stands next to a pile of black hair on the floor. The girlâs story can be read at Tacoma Stories and details of exactly what is happening in the video is described below.
âA few days ago a 15 second video showed up online. It showed a young girl who appeared to be twelve or thirteen years old. Sheâs standing in a room looking at the phone camera. She appears to be afraid. The camera then shows the floor where there is a pile of long black hair. A taunting male voice says, âThe consequences of getting messed up? Man, you lost all that beautiful hair. Was it worth it?â The girl stares at her hair on the floor. She very quietly says, âNo.â âHow many times did I warn you?â She almost inaudibly says, âTwice.â He then says, âOkay.â as if he has proved a point. The video ends.
Rumors are running high in the school, with some saying that the public shaming video of Izzyâs haircut was not the only action taken against the girl that day. A parent who says their child was a âclose friendâ of Izabel claims that she saw the horrifying video before it was taken down and that the father also âcut her undergarmentsâ and âdestroyed her clothing.â
âSince Friday my 14 year old a close friend of this young girls, began to tell me this story. Saturday saw a link of the video, had been crying and very sad explaining to me that she was told the father not only cut her hair, posted a video, but also had cut her undergarments, destroyed her clothing and yes publicly humiliated her. I watched that video and I was so crushed, the anger in the fatherâs voice I could hear it, the girls shoulders slightly rolled forward in shame, hands in front if her, showed she was not only shamed by this horrible man, but she looked very frightened. I am a very proud mother of a Giudrone Middle School child, and hearing that a female child was degraded to a point so bad rips my entire soul out.â Still, others say there was âcontinuousâ abuse by her father that was never addressed. Though the details surrounding the events that lead to the unfortunate death of this beautiful girl are unknown, witnesses claim that the girl did in fact jump on her own free will and did so âwithout hesitation.â âFrom the boys who actually witnessed it, said she just ran, jumped up on the fencing and leaped over. No hesitation. just did it.â
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