California teen disappears after fight video is posted online

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Posted: 01/18/2013

SAN DIEGO (10NEWS) - A bullied teenager remains missing after video of a fight at her Carlsbad, California High School surfaced online.

The story is being followed by our Scripps Sister Station, KGTV 10 News in San Diego, California.

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In the cellphone video posted on Facebook, 14-year-old Baileigh Karam is seen being struck repeatedly by a classmate as a crowd of students watched, cheered and recorded the incident on their cellphones.

Karam is also heard several times begging her attacker to stop.

Karam has been missing since last Friday, when the video first appeared online.

"I don't know where she is. I just want to get her home. We just need her here. We need to know she's healthy and safe," said Karam's mother.

Karam's mother said she warned the school her daughter was being bullied.

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