The mom and father of a 10-year-old Indiana boy who allegedly devoted suicide after relentless bullying have filed a wrongful dying lawsuit in direction of his school.

Sam and Nicole Teusch — the mom and father of Sammy Teusch, who was found lifeless by his family on May 5, 2024 — filed the lawsuit in Hancock County Circuit Court docket docket on Tuesday in direction of the Greenfield-Central Neighborhood School Firm and Greenfield-Central Neighborhood School Firm Board of Trustees.

Throughout the go nicely with (by means of WRTV), the boy’s mom and father allege “callous indifference” by the District and loads of its employees, who they declare had been “repeatedly educated regarding the bullying of Sammy Teusch (‘Sammy’) by faculty college students beneath the District’s supervision, and however did nothing to deal with it.”

“As a direct and proximate outcomes of the District’s and these individuals’ gross dereliction of arguably their most crucial obligation, Sammy took his private life on May 5, 2024,” they allege inside the go nicely with.

Remembering their son as a “good, humorous and loving boy, who appreciated to fish, play with robots, play soccer, be outside, and lead his family spherical to assemble up trash at any time once they went to the seashore or on a nature hike,” the Teusches declare that when he began school at Weston Elementary in Greenfield, Indiana, he “was subjected to bullying by his classmates.”

Per the go nicely with, Sammy was generally known as “Dahmer,” in reference to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. His mom and father declare that when the boy complained to his teacher regarding the title, “her solely response was that, in her opinion, Sammy did significantly resemble Jeffrey Dahmer.”

The docs declare Sammy would “flip his desk over in an attempt to appeal to his teacher’s consideration to the bullying,” nonetheless his “cry for help didn’t work” — alleging the boy would as an alternative be disciplined for “what she perceived to be disruptive conduct.”

After mom and father moreover allegedly complained to the principal, they’re saying she allowed Sammy to have lunch in her office — nonetheless well-known, “It’s unknown whether or not or not [the principal] took any disciplinary actions in route of the bullies, or educated their mom and father.”

When Sammy shifted to Greenfield Intermediate School as he entered fourth grade, his mom and father acknowledged the bullying continued.

“All through breakfast interval, Sammy was chased all by way of the varsity, and would attempt to cowl in a bathroom stall, usually refusing to return out,” reads the go nicely with, sooner than detailing how he was allegedly “bodily assaulted” by one different scholar. The scholar is accused of choking and punching the other boy inside the face, allegedly resulting in abrasions and swelling.

One different scholar is accused of hitting Sammy inside the head with an iPad, leaving the boy with a black eye and neck and shoulder accidents, per the docs. That scholar was moreover accused of stuffing Sammy proper right into a garbage can.

The go nicely with claims the boy’s bullies moreover made gratifying of his glasses and enamel, calling him “Beaver Tooth.”

In response to the lawsuit, roughly 20 critiques had been made by Sammy’s mom and father to his lecturers, principal, vice principal and faculty counselor.

“No matter information of the continued bullying and harassment, the District didn’t take acceptable corrective movement. This callous disregard for Sammy’s safety exasperated him, at one degree telling [his father], ‘They don’t take heed to me daddy,’” the go nicely with alleges.

The go nicely with moreover claims the varsity participates in “sufferer shaming and sufferer blaming,” alleging administration maintained the bullying was a “Sammy draw back,” he was the instigator and he was being bullied “because of his ‘psychological points.’”

On May 4, per the docs, one in all many alleged bullies generally known as a mutual good pal who was visiting Sammy’s sister Scarlett — and “threatened Sammy saying, ‘Oh, you wait until Monday. I get you. I get you.”

“Nonetheless [the alleged bully] not at all purchased the prospect to carry by way of on his threats. On May 5, 2024, at roughly 11:30 a.m., Sammy was found hanging from his bunk mattress by his 13- year-old brother Xander Teusch,” reads the docs.

“After calling 911, [his father] went to Sammy, grabbed him and acknowledged ‘Oh my God, oh my God, no, no, no, no, no.’ Sam started doing compressions, respiration into Sammy, and attempting to get a heartbeat.”

The child was pronounced lifeless on the hospital.

In response to the lawsuit, the alleged bully who made the May 4 cellphone identify “acknowledged his responsibility for Sammy taking his life.” A Snapchat screenshot was moreover included inside the docs, exhibiting anyone say, “It’s all my fault for bullying him.” The go nicely with gives, “This admission — from a toddler — is in stark distinction to the District’s disregard for and denial of the bullying happening at its faculties.”

The submitting moreover accuses one different alleged bully for taking pictures of Sammy in his open casket at his funeral. The go nicely with claims this scholar “was thereafter seen laughing whereas [their] cellphone, in a blood-curdling second reminiscent of the movie Kids of the Corn.” 

This scholar, alleges the docs, “was no uncommon bully” and was “clearly disturbed, if not inhuman” — sooner than the go nicely with claims the varsity district “did nothing” after being “repeatedly educated” of the scholar’s alleged conduct.

Together with wrongful dying, Sammy’s mom and father accuse the plaintiffs of negligent care and supervision, whereas requesting a jury trial.

When reached for comment after the submitting by WRTV, the Greenfield-Central Neighborhood School Firm reportedly referred the outlet to an earlier assertion.

“The lack of a child to suicide is deflating to any neighborhood, and Greenfield was clearly in shock for numerous weeks as we closed ultimate school 12 months. Members of the varsity firm and the larger neighborhood grieved with the Teusch family, and we’re going to proceed to extend them assist and elegance inside the aftermath of the event,” they acknowledged beforehand.

“Since that horrible day (May fifth), we have now now reviewed our information with good scrutiny and interviewed many people close to the situation. To at the present time, we have now now found nothing to validate the allegation you referenced,” they added. “We think about an objective overview of the info would attain the equivalent conclusion. In Greenfield-Central we do have to ensure that we’re doing all we’re capable of do to assist our faculty college students, regardless of the desires they’ve as soon as they stroll by way of our doorways. We’re going to on a regular basis hold that dedication to our faculty college students and households.”

An investigation by Greenfield, Indiana police beforehand confirmed that “there was some bullying happening” in Sammy’s life sooner than the child’s “traumatic” dying, in response to a info launch issued by Police Chief Brian Hartman.

Per the investigation, the Hancock County coroner dominated Sammy died from “asphyxiation by strangulation,” Hartman acknowledged. He moreover well-known that “there shall be no felony charges filed with the Hancock County Prosecutor.”