NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, March 23, 2014, 1:48 AM
Police and EMS responded to a 911 call on Saturday in Canarsie, Brooklyn, where they found 13-year-old Alyssa Brown dead in her bed. Friends and neighbors say she was a shy girl who was bullied by peers.
Cops are investigating the mysterious death of a bullied 13-year-old Brooklyn girl, officials said.
Alyssa Brown was found dead in her bed at her parents’ Farragut Road home near E. 59th St. in Canarsie at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators found no visible injuries on the teen’s body and have ruled out suicide or foul play, law enforcement sources said.
Neighbors and friends said the sixth-grader, who had a learning disability, was a shy girl who was constantly bullied by her classmates at Intermediate School 278.
“She had a lady who used to work with her in class,” said classmate Emanji Johnson, 13. “(Students) bullied her a lot. She would try to ignore it, she would try to walk away like she was fine. But you could tell.
“I never saw her smile,” Johnson said.
Family friend Ashley Green, 22, said Alyssa’s mother was protective of the teen, who was “very, very quiet.”
“She’s very shy,” Green said.
An autopsy has been scheduled to determine Alyssa’s cause of death, officials said.
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