A Massachusetts high school is in crisis after a student went missing days after receiving a savage beating from another girl that made her lick the bathroom floor.
A friend of the bully filmed the attack on Aliyah Konton at Mashpee High School before ensuring the humiliating footage went viral on Snapchat.
The 15-year-old had recently moved to school on Cape Cod and, according to a classmate, was trying to “adjust.”
A school resource officer alerted police after discovering the video on May 25, but parents knew nothing about the attack until Aliyah disappeared eight days later.
“The lack of communication and complete lack of accountability and consequences for perpetrators in the school system is beyond shameful,” wrote a mother of three children at the school.
Aliyah Konton, 15, disappeared days after receiving a savage beating from another girl at Mashpee High School in Massachusetts
Gloating accomplice filmed as Aliyah’s tormentor made her lick the bathroom floor
“I hope God finds her safe and sound and that those children in that video face the consequences of their horrible actions.”
The video begins with Aliyah standing alone in a school hallway as her attacker confronts her and an audience of students watches in the background.
They gasp in shock as the attacker casually slaps his victim across the face before walking away.
He then cuts to the school bathroom where the accomplice has parked to capture the moment the bully comes through the door dragging a screaming Aliyah by her hair.
The 15-year-old begins to sob as her attacker throws her by the hair toward the cubicles at the end of the room and punches her in the face again.
Aliyah extends an arm to fend off the girl, but offers no defense against her agile attacker, who unleashes a flurry of blows to her head.
A moment later, the young bully suddenly points his finger at the ground next to the trash can.
“Lick the floor,” he demands.
Aliyah hesitates and receives another slap to the head before being dragged to the ground by her hair and forced to put her face on the ground.
Eight days later, an “intensive search using multiple local, state and federal resources” was underway after Aliyah disappeared from her home in Mashpee, news of the attack spread and parents reacted with fury at what they had found. to discover.
But it was only after Aliyah disappeared that the parents found out about the attack.
A classmate, Leah Holtz, said Aliyah had recently joined the school. “It seems like she was trying to fit in and make friends with everyone,” she told WCVB.
Eight days later, an “intense search utilizing multiple local, state and federal resources” was underway after Aliyah went missing from her home in Mashpee.
“It’s horrible to find out about this horrible incident a week later on Facebook, and not through the school itself,” Jessica Valois wrote.
‘Why hasn’t the Mashpee school system informed us of this situation?’ Corinne Shea asked.
“Mashpee has always been one to turn their head away when something is happening, if it seems bad to them then they don’t want to talk about it,” Courtney Negron added.
Residents of the small town began discussing organizing search parties, and as images of the incident spread, many began appealing to Aliyah herself.
Residents of the small town began discussing organizing search parties and, as images of the incident spread,
“Aliyah, you are loved and cared for by people who have never met you,” Heather Morel wrote.
‘Please go to a safe place, message anyone in this thread, we will help you. Our world needs you in it.’
“My first thought was, please let this girl know that life gets better after high school,” Corine Shea added.
‘What happened to her is a disaster and absolutely NO ONE laughs with those mean girls.’
One of her classmates, Leah Holtz, said Aliyah had recently joined the school.
“It seems like she was trying to fit in and make friends with everyone,” she told WCVB.
“No student, no person, should ever be harmed in this way,” he added. “I feel really sick to my stomach because I just want them to find her.”
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“Still not a peep from school,” Michael DiMaggio wrote Tuesday
‘Are they promoting Spirit Day? We, as parents of a 6-year-old child in this school system, are seriously considering whether we should keep our child in a school system that allows this to happen.’
But a day later, two kids visiting Planet Fitness in nearby Barnstable saw a girl they thought they recognized from the missing police signs and told the manager.
He called the police and the missing girl was eventually rescued.
“The city of Mashpee came together for one of their own and I am again pleased to report that she has been found safe,” police said.
They also announced that a 13-year-old girl, whom they did not identify, now faces seven counts of assault and battery in the juvenile division of Falmouth District Court.
A 13-year-old girl, who has not been named, now faces seven counts of assault and battery.
Mashpee Schools Superintendent Patricia DeBoer declined to speak to reporters at a school committee meeting that night.
But news of Aliyah’s rescue has not quelled the anger of people in the Massachusetts town.
‘What are the consequences for those in the video who dragged her by her hair to the school bathroom, beat her and made her lick the floor?’ -Selma Parker asked. ‘Can we parents get some answers?’
“Schools need to do a better job,” wrote Matt Bollinder.
“Everyone talks about these things and when it comes time to protect children from bullies, they turn the other way.”
