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ATLANTA — Vincent LaBella did not see signs that his daughter was suffering until the police issued a warrant that allowed him to see the social media activity on her phone.

He had noticed that his young teen was glued to the device, but so were her friends. They would sit in the car together tapping out messages rather than talking.

Then, in early February, a day after Amaya LaBella hosted a small party at her family’s Buckhead home, she died by suicide.

Her Snapchat account told her parents why.

“Her whole friend group turned on her and there was

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