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Kim Loik says she told her 15-year-old son Todd to ignore the bullies and the constant barrage of insults they were sending to him on Facebook and through texts on his cellphone.

On the night of Sept. 8, he received another taunt, she said.

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“I told him to go to bed and not worry about it,” his mom recalled Wednesday, through sniffles and sobs.

They were the nastiest things I’ve ever heard

The next morning, she found her son dead in their home in North Battleford, northwest of Saskatoon. He had killed himself.

RCMP are looking into whether bullying played a role in the death. Sgt. Neil Tremblay said the investigation is in the early stages and officers are trying to get the required legal authorization for access to the boy’s online and phone messages.

Loik said she has spoken with the mother of 15-year-old Amanda Todd, who committed suicide in British Columbia last year. The girl had posted a heart-wrenching video online about the relentless bullying she experienced, and her subsequent death sparked a nationwide anti-bullying effort.