A sixteen year old girl has been found dead after having hung herself in what appears to be the latest suicide in the Bridgend area.

Jenna Parry was found in hanged in woods just five miles from the Welsh town of Brigend where there is an apparent epidemic of suicide among young people.

The girl is the 17th youth from the area to take her own life and it is thought that she was close to at least one of the other victims.

Experts have linked the suicides to Bebo as they fear memorial pages set up for those who have died “romanticise” suicide and that young people see it as a way to become famous.

Many of the victims knew eachother and were from roughly the same area.

Jan 5, 2007 : Dale Crole, 18, found hanged in a disused warehouse near Bridgend.

Feb 18, 2007 : David Dilling, 19, was a friend of Dale’s. He was found dead near his home having hung himself.

Feb 25, 2007 : Thomas Davies, 20, who knew both Crole and Dilling, hangs himself.

April, 2007 : Allyn Price, 21, hangs himself in his room.

May 17, 2007 : James Knight, 26, found hanging at his home in near Bridgend.

June, 2007 : Pryce’s best friend, Leigh Jenkins, hangs himself.

Aug 11, 2007 : Zachery Barnes, 17, found hanging from a washing line. Zachery was a friend of the Davies’ family.

Aug 23, 2007 : Jason Williams, 21, hung himself.

Sept, 2007 : Andrew O’Neill, 19, found hanging in his Bridgend home.

Nov 2007 : Luke Goodridge, 20, suffered the same fate as Andrew O’Neill.

Dec 27, 2007 : Liam Clarke, 20, a friend of Dale Crole, found hanged in a Bridgend park.

Jan 2008 : Gareth Morgan, aged 27 and a friend of Liam Clarke is found hanging in his home.

Jan 17, 2008 : Natasha Randall, hangs herself in her bedroom.

Feb 4, 2008 : Angie Fuller, 18, found hanging near Bridgend.

Feb 14, 2008 : Kelly Stephenson, 20, who lived in Bridgend hangs herself while on holidays with her parents.

Feb 15, 2008 : Nathaniel Pritchard, 15, Kelly’s cousin who lived just a few doors away dies after his life support machine is switched off. He also attempted to hang himself.