) Bullying did not lead to the suicide of an 11 year old boy in DeKalb County. That’s the finding of a report on the death of Jaheem Herrera.

DeKalb County school officials released their final report Wednesday, which says the boy’s death could not be attributed solely to “a simplistic case of bullying.”

The report cites numerous factors that led to the suicide, including what investigators say was domestic abuse between the boy’s mother and her boyfriend.

Jaheem was found hanged in his home in April. At the time of his death, his mother blamed excessive and constant bullying from other students at Dunaire Elementary School in Stone Mountain.

The attorney for the family are dismissing the report, saying the school system is trying to shift attention away from problems at the school.

Retired Fulton County Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummins Moore conducted the investigation and had released its preliminary findings in May. The report released on Wednesday is the final conclusions of the investigation.

In May, Moore said there was no evidence that Jaheem’s death was due to bullying, and that school officials had acted quickly and efficiently when Jaheem had been involved in fights at the school.

Moore says Jaheem’s teachers and the staff and administrators at Dunaire dispute the boy’s mother’s contention that she had complained repeatedly about Jaheem being bullied. The report says Jaheem was a good student and was well liked.

The judge also documented domestic violence charges that have been filed against Norman Keene, the live-in boyfriend of Masika Bermudez, Jaheem’s mother. Those accusations go back to when they lived in St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and in Georgia.

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I live PROUDLY in Campbell, CA where Mayor Evan Lowe was just sworn in as MAYOR. He is an amazing person, and we should all take a page from his book.

Do you REALLY want to know what I think? I don’t believe in the devil as a person. The “devil” is the evil insode everybody. He represents something different in all. However, it’s just plain sad when the “devil” acts likes this.

It’s too bad racism and sexism still exists. I can;t believe that in this day, age, and economy, people are still blind. Just think about this….. how many of you haters out there watch Ellen, Meridith Baxter, or many of the others????

GOD BLESS!!!!!! You are the ones that need it the most!

Approving of this bullying that pushed to a suicide is wrong. No matter if you believe that gays are a sin or not. A human life was LOST. How can you argue that death is better than a person being gay? God still values everyone and knows that they are flawed. He does not want them killed.