Student Suspended After Teachers Discover Death Note Notebook, Sparking Police Investigation

A student at a Massachusetts middle school found herself at the center of a police investigation after administrators discovered her Death Note notebook.

The incident took place at Chocksett Middle School in Sterling, Massachusetts. Students had already left for the day when staff discovered the notebook at around 4pm on September 30.

Police and school officials then conducted an investigation, interviewing both its owner and other students, and quickly determined that the Death Note — which contained a few names of its owner’s classmates — did not pose a legitimate threat. However, the student was suspended for three days.

“When we spoke with the student, the student explained that the notebook was connected to an anime television series and was not intended as a threat,” principal Tina Boss wrote in a letter addressed to the school’s community, adding that there was “no indication that the notebook or its contents were intended as a threat toward the school or any particular …