Girl, 10, found dead by sister, 6, after bullying

A mum has said she is shattered by the news a young girl has suicided after being bullied and warns parents there is now no age where kids are safe.

A ten-year-old girl who suicided in her New South Wales south coast home was found by her little sister in yet another tragic death related to school bullying.

Emergency crews rushed to the home on July 9 after the six-year-old girl told her mum she thought her sister was dead in her bedroom.

The mum frantically tried to open the bedroom door but struggled because of the weight of her daughter’s lifeless body on the other side.

When she finally got the door open she found her daughter unconscious.

The family tried to revive the little girl with CPR while they waited for emergency services.

She was flown to Sydney Children’s Hospital. Paramedics were able to regain her heart rate however the girl remained unresponsive. She died two days later.

Kelly O’Brien misses 12-year-old Charlotte every single day and is devastated young children are suiciding over and over again. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Police at the scene were told by her family that the little girl had recently been bullied at school.

The news of another child dying has devastated Kelly O’Brien who lost her 12-year-old daughter and “best friend” Charlotte last year.

“Hearing another angel has entered heaven truly breaks my heart,” she told news.com.au.

“They are babies. We all think how can this happen? They are too young, well it’s happening over and over again.”

Kelly said there was now “no age” where children are not at risk, as long as they are old enough to use the internet.

“The fact that children feel so down trodden that they don’t want to be here is hard enough but the fact they are a Google search away from finding a permanent solution to a temporary problem makes me sick.”

Australian children who suicided after being bullied at school: Charlotte O’Brien, Hamish Carter and Atreyu McCann.

Kelly said she had “no idea where exactly” Charlotte found her information but knows she “didn’t head to the local library and ask for a book on how to end her own life”.

“There is an epidemic of youth suicide right now and to be apart of the statistics is an existence of excruciating pain.

“There are nine suicides a day in Australia. Charlotte passed away on the 9th of the 9th we believe just after 9pm. She was passed away for nine hours before I found her in the morning. If that is not a sign we need to bring these numbers down I don’t know what is.”

“I miss Charlotte. I grieve for Charlotte. I love Charlotte. I will spend the rest of my life trying to safe guard others in her name.”

Police investigations into the death of the 10-year-old girl are continuing.

Two mums united in grief and vowing to not let their children’s deaths be in vain. Kelly O’Brien lost her daughter Charlotte to suicide, while Jodie Carter lost her son Hamish. Picture: Nikki Short

Kelly is one of hundreds of parents, students and teachers across Australia who has made submission to the Federal Government’s Anti-Bullying Rapid Review.

The plan is to develop a national approach to addressing bullying in Australian schools.

The final report of the Review will be presented to all Australian education ministers in coming months.

Sydney mum Jodie Carter, who lost her 12-year-old son Hamish to suicide, has also made a submission to the inquiry as has Sydney actor Clare McCann whose son Atreyu earlier this year.

Originally published as Girl, 10, found dead by sister, 6, after bullying