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CPS Investigates Claims Student, 12, Committed Suicide After Bullying

(CBS) – Chicago Public Schools says it's investigating allegations of bullying in connection with the death of a 12-year-old girl who attended a North Side elementary school.

A memorial web page for Mckenzie Phlipot says she died May 8.

According to published reports, she took her life after being bullied by classmates at Peirce Elementary School.

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