As family and friends deal with the death of 10-year-old Aquan Lewis, details are slowly beginning to emerge from the fog of uncertainty surrounding his alleged suicide. Lewis was found hanging from a hook in a bathroom at Oakton Elementary School in Evanston; he was pronounced dead at Children's Memorial Hospital early yesterday morning. Among the details we now know are that Lewis had threatened to kill himself earlier in the day after he was lectured by a teacher. Authorities say they found Lewis hanging by his shirt collar from a hook in a stall with a footprint on the toilet seat. more ›

The death of 10-year-old Aquan Lewis, a 10-year-old student at Evanston's Oakton Elementary School, has been ruled a suicide after an autopsy. The ruling was made by the Cook County medical examiner's office earlier this afternoon. Lewis was found yesterday hanging from a hook in one of the school's bathrooms. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at Children's Memorial Hospital earlier this morning. Any further details are still very hard to come by. more ›

Aquan Lewis, a 10-year-old student at Evanston's Oakton Elementary School, was pronounced dead early this morning at Children's Memorial Hospital. Lewis, of Skokie, had been found yesterday afternoon, unresponsive and hanging from a hook in a bathroom at the school. While it's not clear who found him, attempts were made by the principal to revive the boy. According to Elliot Lieteau, the school's janitor, "The principal was on the left side, and he's on the floor, they had just pulled him off the hook, and they were saying that he's been up there, so I immediately get on my knees and start giving him CPR, and I'm checking his pulse when I'm doing it." For now, authorities are calling the death an accident and claiming no foul play is suspected. more ›