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| Ashley Billasano |
18-Year-Old Girl Tweets 144 Times before Committing Suicide
Houston, Texas
At BF Terry High School in Rosenberg, Tuesday morning, one student was absent from class.
Ashley Billasano’s words, however, appeared on Twitter. For more than six hours, the teen posted tweets outlining a life filled with sexual abuse. In all, 144 tweets detailed memories of being molested, forced into prostitution and not getting any help from police.
"It's obvious she needed somebody to talk to and that's what I believe those tweets were," said Chief Craig Brady with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Department. "She was trying to communicate and trying to get people to talk to her."
Billasano recounted how she dealt with the pain the first time.
"I went to the bathroom and locked the door"
"I took apart a razor. I did what I had to do to forget. I swear after that night I was never the same"
She talked about confiding with a boyfriend and telling her secret.
"I remember telling my closest teacher and CPS and the police detectives,” she said. “I remember having to tell them everything."
"It is my understanding she made an outcry apparently a year ago in Williamson County up close to Austin about some allegations of sexual abuse," Brady said. "My understanding, that was looked into the sheriff's office there, the D.A'S office and a grand jury. There was no indictment issued."
Concerning the lack of action by Williamson County authorites, she tweeted:
"Weeks passed, then I got the call. They said sorry but there isn't enough evidence I hung up."
"That's when I changed I didn't care anymore and the people I was meeting gave me no reason to."
Perhaps what is even more disturbing, was that more than 500 people were following her accounts on Twitter.
She continued, "I'd love to hear what you have to say but I won’t be around."
And finally her last tweet,
"Take two. I hope I get this right."
Authorities confirm Billasano committed suicide by suffocation, using a method she found on the Internet.
The teen’s tweets have been taken down.
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