Teenager committed suicide out of love for his teacher

Bogdan Costache, aged 18, jumped out of the window of the house of the teacher whom he loved silently, as the investigation shows now.

Bucharest – Two weeks before turning 19, a young boy from Bucharest killed himself, loving hopelessly his teacher of Romanian language.

The boy, in the 12th grade of a high school from Bucharest, jumped out through the window of the 9th floor flat of his teacher. Bogdan Costache, say his colleagues, had been in love for a longer time with somebody with whom he did not have any chance to be together – now the respective person is suspected to be his teacher of Romanian aged only 27, Corina Vasile. Bogdan went on Thursday to her home for tuition, and left alone for a few minutes in the room he decided to jump out through the window of the flat.

The teacher told the investigators that Bogdan had never declared his love for her directly, although there were some signs. Corina Vasile is married for five years and does not have children.

Bogdan Costache rang at the door of his teacher of Romanian. He had come almost half an hour earlier than established, and was received by Corina Vasile rather coldly. The investigators concluded from their questions, that the discussion was limited to an exchange of polite remarks.

Corina resumed her lunch from which she had been interrupted by the arrival of Bogdan, and in this time he went into the room where the Romanian class was due. Five minutes later, Corina found the room empty, and the window widely open. She ran to the window and saw Bogdan lying down on the ground. She sent to the elevator and went down to the ground floor. First she tried to give him the first aid, then she rang the Ambulance. When the medics appeared, the boy was already dead. The woman called immediately her husband, and told him what happened asking him to come home. Soon after, she plucked up her courage and called Bogdan’s father, being the first to give him the tragic news.

Bogdan Costache was buried on Saturday, being accompanied by hundreds of persons to the cemetery. The teacher Corina Vasile also attended the burial trying to encourage Bogdan’s sister, who fainted twice during the religious service.

The case of Bogdan is considered by the psychologists a romantic drama that cannot be prevented. “It is a cultural archetype; the denied love. It is almost a romantic drama, the classical story of the young man who falls in love with the wrong person and there is a blackout. It is a problem that we understand in a way. The phenomenon, more exactly the way in which the young man feels in a fanatic love, can be understood,” said psychologist Bogdan Lucaciu.

Bogdan Costache was known in the high school for his lively, friendly and cheerful mood. From the watchman to the teachers, all knew him and describe him simply as a very good boy. The colleagues who are also his friends add that he was a balanced boy, responsible and always available to help the pupils around him.
via Nine O'Clock