Child welfare officials say they’re investigating neglect allegations against a suburban Chicago school where a 10-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself in a bathroom.
Child welfare officials say they’re investigating neglect allegations against a suburban Chicago school where a 10-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself in a bathroom. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services spokesman Kendall Marlowe says someone phoned in a complaint against Oakton Elementary in Evanston. That’s where fifth-grader Aquan Lewis was found hanging from a hook in a bathroom stall on Tuesday. He was pronounced dead the next morning at a Chicago hospital and medical examiners ruled it a suicide. Marlowe says the investigation should be finished within 60 days. Officials at the school haven’t returned a call seeking comment. The boy’s mother has said she doesn’t believe he killed himself. A lawyer for the family says he wants to know why the boy was alone so long that he died. ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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