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TEENAGERS ARE UNDER ARREST.
>>> ASSAULTED AT A PARTY.
HUMILIATED ON-LINE.
BULL -- BULLIED AT SCHOOL.
SARATOGA TEENAGER AUDRIE POTT
TOOK HER LIFE.
LESS THAN THREE MONTHS LATER,
THREE OF HER CLASSMATES ARE
UNDER ARREST.
HER PARENTS ASKING FOR HELP.
>> WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE IS FOR
PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD, PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY WHO KNOW
ANYTHING AT ALL.
>> NEW TONIGHT, THE GIRL'S
PARENTS ACCUSE THE TEENAGE
SUSPECTS OF DELIBERATELY HIDING
EVIDENCE.
THEY HOPE NOW THAT THE ARRESTS
HAVE BEEN MADE, THE SUSPECTS
WILL BEGIN TO REVEAL MORE ABOUT
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
KRON4 REPORTS.
>> THE PARENTS ARE GRIEVING AND
DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS.
>> Reporter: SHE IS AN ATTORNEY
WORKING FOR AUDRIE'S FAMILY
HELPING THEM FIND WHATEVER
JUSTICE IS POSSIBLE IN THIS
HORRIFIC CASE.
>> WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BRING
AUDRIE BACK.
THE FAMILY'S GOAL IS THAT WHAT
HAPPENED TOO AUDRIE NEVER
HAPPENS AGAIN.
>> FOR NOW, THEY WANT ANSWERS,
ANY AND ALL ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AUDRIE WENT
TO A PARTY OF A CLASSMATE FROM
SARATOGA HIGH.
SOURCES TELL KRON4 NEWS THERE
WERE DOZENS AT THE PARTY AND
HER FAMILY WANTS TO HEAR FROM
THEM ALL.
>> THEY WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO
COME FORWARD, PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO KNOW ANYTHING AT
ALL AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENED TO
AUDRIE WHO CAN HELP THEM GET
THOSE ANSWERS AND WE ENCOURAGE,
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PARENTS
TO TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN AND
ASK THEIR CHILDREN TO COME
FORWARD AND THAT THERE IS HONOR
IN COMING FORWARD.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, AUDRIE'S
FAMILY HAS PUT TOGETHER A
FOUNDATION IN HER NAME AND
PLANS TO WORK TOWARDS
LEGISLATION MAKING CYBER
BULLYING A CRIME.
>> THE GOAL OF THE FAMILY IS TO
INCREASE SOCIAL AWARENESS AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOYS ARE
HOPEFULLY ACCOUNTABLE.
>> IN SAN JOSE, KRON 4 NEWS.
>> KRON 4 JUST RECEIVED A
STATEMENT ISSUED BY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT SAYING OUR
SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO ALL THE
FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE TRAGIC
SITUATION.
WE ARE COOPERATING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AS THEY CONTINUE TO
LOOK KNEE DETAILS OF THIS --
THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE AND
THEY ARE LOOKING WITH PARENTS,
STUDENT, STAFF AND COMMUNITY TO
MAINTAIN A POSITIVE CLIMATE
THAT DISCOURAGES CYBER BULLYING
AND INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT.
>>> WE TALKED TO THE SANTA
CLARASHERIFF ABOUT HOW AND WHEN
THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT FIRST
LEARNED ABOUT THE CRIME AND
WHAT CHARGES THE BOYS ARE
FACING.
>> WE LEARNED OF IT FROM THE
SCHOOL.
OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
STARTED LOOKING INTO WHAT THESE
RUMORS WERE.
YOU KNOW HOW SCHOOLS ARE.
YOU HEAR MANY, THINGS.
WE HEARD IT WITHIN A FEW DAYS
OF HER DEATH AND STARTED
LOOKING AT IT AND REALIZED
THERE WAS MORE.
WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT IT MORE
EXTENSIVELY AND DO MORE SEARCH
WARRANTS AND NEEDED TO DO MORE
INFORMATION.
>> IF IT TURNS OUT YOUR --
>> Reporter: IF IT TURNS OUT
YOUR CONCLUSION SAYS, YES, IT
LED TO HER SUICIDE, WILL
CHARGES CHANGE?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S
CHANGING OF THE CHARGES.