FAYETTE, MISSOURI — An ex-Dairy Queen manager has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after an investigation found her to be the cause of a teenage employee’s suicide. <br /> <br />On Dec 21, 2016, Kenneth Suttner committed suicide with a gunshot to the head outside his house in Howard County, Missouri, newspaper The Columbia Daily Tribune reported. <br /> <br />The local coroner’s office conducted an inquest into the 17 year-old’s death and found that Suttner was bullied at school and by his boss, Harley Branham. <br /> <br />They worked together at a Dairy Queen in Fayette. The probe also found Dairy Queen and the local school district hadn’t done enough to stop the bullying. <br /> <br />According to ABC News, Branham was charged this week with involuntary manslaughter after an investigation ruled her responsible for his death. <br /> <br />The 21 year-old reportedly made fun of Suttner and had him clean the floor by hand. The inquest also heard how Branham once threw a cheeseburger at Suttner because he’d messed up the order. <br /> <br />She denies the allegations of bullying and faces up to 4 years in prison if convicted. <br /> <br />Suttner’s best friend told the inquest he was also bullied in every part of the school, reported the Columbia Daily Tribune.
