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Audrie Pott (Audrie Pott Foundation)

Teens Accused In Saratoga School Girl Sex Assault Released From Juvenile Hall

The three teens accused of sexually assaulting a Saratoga High School student, who later committed suicide, have been released from juvenile hall and are now placed on home detention.

2013/04/23

A San Jose Police patrol car. (CBS)

Man Found Stabbed To Death At San Jose Home

A fatal stabbing reported Monday afternoon in San Jose is being investigated as a suicide, San Jose police said.

2013/04/22

Audrie Pott (Audrie Pott Foundation)

Audrie Pott’s Family Fires Back Against Saratoga School Officials

The family of the Saratoga High School student who committed suicide after an alleged sexual assault expressed anger and resentment over a statement issued by the school district.

2013/04/18

Audrie Pott (Audrie Pott Foundation)

Saratoga Rape Suspects Couldn’t Be Expelled, School Official Says

A school superintendent said Wednesday that officials could not expel three teenage boys charged with sexually battering a classmate last fall.

2013/04/17

Audrie Pott (Audrie Pott Foundation)

Detention Hearing Held For Saratoga Teen Rape Suspects

Charges against three teen boys were heard in Santa Clara Juvenile Court Tuesday in connection with the alleged Sept. 2 sexual assault on a 15-year-old Saratoga girl who later committed suicide.

2013/04/16

Members of Audrie Pott's family and their attorney speak at a press conference April 15, 2013. (CBS)

Saratoga Suicide Victim’s Family Outraged After Accused Boys Refuse Responsibility

The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages say they are outraged by what they see as a refusal to take responsibility by the three boys arrested in the attack.

2013/04/15

Justin Alan Helzer, a death row inmate at San Quentin, died from an apparent suicide on April 14, 2013. Helzer was convicted of five murders in Concord and Marin County in 2000. (San Quentin State Prison)

San Quentin Death Row Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

San Quentin death row inmate Justin Alan Helzer, who was convicted in 2004 of five murders in Concord and in Marin County in 2000, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell Sunday, San Quentin State Prison Lt. Sam Robinson said this afternoon.

2013/04/15

Audrie Pott (Audrie Pott Foundation)

3 Boys Charged In Sexual Assault Of Saratoga Teen Were Previously Cited

Authorities say the three boys arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a 15-year-old Saratoga High student who later took her own life were initially cited on misdemeanor allegations in the case.

2013/04/14

Audrie Pott (Audrie Pott Foundation)

Saratoga Suicide Victim Family Says Teens Tried To Destroy Sex Assault Evidence

Family members of a 15-year-old Saratoga girl who killed herself after photos of a sexual assault surfaced online said on Friday they suspect the attackers tried to destroy evidence.

2013/04/12

(Saratoga High School)

3 Teens Arrested In Rape Case Linked To Saratoga Girl’s Suicide

Three teenage boys were arrested at school Thursday in connection with the alleged sexual assault in Saratoga last fall of a 15-year-old girl who later committed suicide, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

2013/04/11

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