What happened to Aubreigh Wyatt? Petition to restore Heather Wyatt's social media receives thousands of signatures amid judge's order

Aubreigh Wyatt, a 13-year-old middle school student from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, committed suicide in September 2023, after being reportedly bullied for several years. Since Aubreigh’s tragic passing, her mother Heather Wyatt started a campaign to spread awareness about young children’s mental health struggles caused by cyberbullying and bullying in general.

Trigger Warning: This article has mention of suicide. Readers' discretion is advised.

She has candidly spoken about Aubreigh’s experiences on Instagram and TikTok, and said her daughter never showed any signs of being suicidial. Heather recounted even the night before her death, Aubreigh Wyatt was planning what she wanted as her Christmas gifts last year.

Heather Wyatt did not antagonize the girls who allegedly bullied her daughter. However, in a lawsuit filed in April 2024, she alleged Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta hid the negative effects of these platforms and lied to parents about their safety against exposing children and teens to harmful content.

Now, Heather’s social media accounts have been temporarily suspended following a judge’s order. A case was filed against Heather with the Jackson County Chancery Court, by the parents of the four girls who attended the Ocean Springs Middle School and were accused of bullying Aubreigh Wyatt.

The judge issued the emergency order asking Heather to take down all her online accounts “to protect the minor children involved in this case.”

Netizens who empathized with Heather's tragic loss of her daughter, have spoken against the order. A petition was started on change.org by Kayla Moore two days ago to help Heather get back on social media and share her daughter Aubreigh Wyatt's story across all platforms.

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Petition to get Aubreigh Wyatt's mother Heather's social media back receives massive support

Initially Heather said the family did not come across any note left by Aubreigh. However, last week while the mother of three was recording herself packing Aubreigh Wyatt’s room, she stumbled upon sealed envelopes containing letters from her late daughter addressed to each family member.

Heather did not disclose the content of the letter but shared how the words penned down in those papers reflected Aubreigh’s love for her family. She said in an interview:

"It was hard to read but it provided us with another sense of love from Aubreigh. We got to feel Aubreigh’s compassion and love again."

The video attracted over 39 million views, boosting Heather's following on TikTok to more than 900,000. She amassed over 12,000 followers on Instagram as well. However, the judge's order asking her to shut down her account angered netizens as they demanded Heather be allowed to continue sharing about Aubreigh with others and spread awareness about similar experiences.

The petition filed by Kayla Moore has received 19,719 signatures out of its initial 25,000 goal so far. Moore's statement read:

"This petition was created to help Heather spread Aubreighs story around. she had all of her social medias filled with videos and memories of aubreigh until today, when the court decided to tell Heather she needed to take all her social media Accounts down to protect the identity’s of Aubreighs bullies."

She continued:

"Heather told everyone not to expose the girls just until she can get through court and get the justice she needed, her fan base did it anyways and now Heather is suffering the consequences for something she didn’t do. she lost everything, sign this so we can hopefully help her get back on her platforms, your voice matters so please use it!"

Though Heather Wyatt did not disclose the alleged bullies’ names online, several other users doxxed them across TikTok and X (formerly known as Twitter). Heather’s videos did not focus on the bullies but rather stressed on the grief her surviving 16-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son had to suffer following Aubreigh Wyatt’s death.

Heather, who was a teacher at Ocean Springs, but resigned after her daughter's death, said:

"I thnk it [bullying] is a subject that needs to be addressed, but I don’t want to create hate for anyone, so I chose to only focus on the mental health aspect of it…I felt like that would be helpful and it would also not cause any animosity or any conflict to any other individuals."

Initially Heather Wyatt sought justice for Aubreigh Wyatt’s suicide that led to an investigation by the Ocean Springs police. However, Police Chief Ryan Lemaire said the results that were submitted to Youth Court, did not find an evidence of criminal interference in Aubreigh’s death.

Heather later said on one of her TikTok videos that the case was no longer being pursued since her daughter was not alive to testify in court.