Katelyn Nicole Davis (February 20, 2004 – December 30, 2016), known online by the username ITZ Dolly, was a 12-year-old American girl who committed suicide. She hanged herself from a tree in her backyard while live streaming the event to the application Live.me. The video was shared virally on the various websites, including social media and seen by millions of people.The resulting publicity brought an outpouring of online support and attention to the issues of youth suicide causes and prevention, child abuse and bullying, free speech and its limitations, and safeguards on social media.

Katelyn Nicole Davis was an active blogger on multiple social media sites and recorded dozens of videos in the last month of her life. The videos detailed insight upon the experiences in her life, leading up to the day of her death. In various videos, she sings, shares spiritual philosophy, or takes care of her two younger siblings. Davis also said that she had been bullied at school and that she had been a victim of catfishing by someone pretending to be of the opposite sex online.

In other videos, she argues with her mother, breaks down emotionally, and alleges criminal activity. More seriously, she claimed being neglected, claimed physical and sexual abuse, and that she was encouraged to kill herself. The allegations of abuse caused the Polk County Police to open an investigation.

Davis considered herself to be emo and struggled with depression. She had previous suicide attempts, most recently through medication overdose, for which she was hospitalized. She also engaged in self-harm, cutting her wrists and thighs, just a few days before her death.She also sought to help others overcome problems with both self-harm and depression.

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