Enkeli-Elisa

Enkeli-Elisa (Finnish for 'Elisa the Angel') is the name used for the main character in a story written by Finnish author Minttu Vettenterä, which first spread on the Internet and as a self-published book titled Jonakin päivänä kaduttaa ("Someday There Will Be Regrets") and thus spread through the media. The story is about a 15-year-old girl who was bullied at school and was claimed to have committed suicide. An organisation against school bullying was founded because of the story. Although fictional, the narrative was presented as truthful by much of the media, until the Helsingin Sanomat monthly supplement questioned the veracity of the events in July 2012 and the police began investigating the matter as a crime. During police interrogations, Vettenterä admitted that Elisa's parents were not real people, but, according to her, the story is based on real people and events.

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