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The case of a suburban Chicago teenager who killed himself after being confronted at his high school about whether he made a video of himself having sex with a classmate raised uncomfortable questions about how aggressively school officials should question kids suspected of wrongdoing and whether they should wait until a parent arrives.
Police, claiming school officials scared the teen so much he committed suicide. >> they literally threatened him and scared him to the point where he thought his life was over. >> reporter: according to court documents, in january, walgren was called into the dean's office at naperville north high school after allegations surfaced that he showed other students cell phone video of suspicious images. and school officials brought him into the office and demanded he turn over the phone. allegedly threatening him, saying he would have to register as a sex offender, all before calling his parents. >...
You again tonight. just as millions of americans begin travel for the memorial day weekend. abc's rob marciano. >> reporter: that line rotating around. still over pittsburgh. slowly move across the northeast tomorrow bringing unsettled weather. meanwhile, next storm up, riding a high jet stream into the plains, that risk area really explodes on saturday. could be a rough start to the ho holiday weekend there. next tonight, the high school under fire. school officials confronting him about what they thought was on his phone. they called his mother, she raced to the school arriving too late....