March 7, 2001
Source: The Detroit News
http://www.detroitnews.com/2001/schools/0103/07/a01-196600.htm
On March 7, 2001, The Detroit News reported on the suicide of twelve-year-old Tempest Smith in Lincoln Park, Michigan. The article suggested that she might have been sent over the edge by "constant ridicule by peers." In part, "they teased her because she read books about Wicca, a pagan religion often associated with witchcraft."