Tempest's mother, Danessa Smith, is filing a $10 million against the Lincoln Park School District. Twelve-year-old Tempest Smith hanged herself in Lincoln Park, Michigan. Tempest — a pagan — had endured months of teasing. Classmates taunted for her dark "Goth" clothing, and for her interest in Wicca. Tempest's journal entries document fellow students crowding around her to sing Christian hymns and chant "Jesus loves you."