She was a 15-year-old freshman at Howard County Glenelg High School who had been cyberbullied by her bully for months before committing suicide. McComas' bully supposedly lived next door to her and this boy's family had been friends with them for years. She had been raped by her bully and he then began the harassment by tweeting things like, "I hate you hate hate hate hate hate hate you. Next time my name rolls off your tongue, choke it... and DIE," who was unidentified and never confirmed who the person was. era. She had been neglected by the authorities and the school because they had done nothing to help the family and, simply put, the McComas had been betrayed by their community. She had been told several times to report incidents of bullying but she had never done so because she feared retaliation. After Grace's death, her fellow students began to band together and started an anti-bullying campaign on Twitter known as #blue4grace that had brought together a strong community to support Grace's family and anyone in need. Students at Howard High School had also worked in schools to create a community based on respect to report bullying and put it down. Then the state of Maryland passed Grace's Law, which went into effect in all 24 districts, stating that the use of a multimedia device constitutes an act of bullying. impose death