Middle-School Community Mourns 14-Year-Old's Suicide in Glendale

GLENDALE, WI — A middle school community in Glendale is mourning after a seventh-grade student died by suicide on Sunday, Nov. 12.

According to a Journal Sentinel report, parents, teachers and staff members at Glen Hills Middle School had access to the school's crisis team on Monday in addition to extra counselor for support during this difficult time.

Quentin Espinoza was described as "full of life, always happy to make others laugh and smile," according to the GoFundMe page set up to handle costs related to fund his memorial. A public funeral service was held Tuesday for Quentin's friends and classmates.

"At this point we do not have all the details, but we do know that the severity of Quentin's sadness while he was not in the family unit was greater and deeper than ever imagined," the GoFundMe page states. "On Sunday, Nov. 12, Quentin took his own life, lost in his pain. The family continues to dig into why a smart, loving, generous 14-year-old that hardly began to live, would find something so painful to take his own life."

Fleig stated that Espinosa was a well-liked student among peers and teachers. He said that there was no evidence of his death being related to bullying, but is requesting that people send any social media posts to him in the event they are related to cyberbullying, according to the Journal Sentinel report.

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