Eric Rash Suicide: Parents Fight For Facebook Password To Teen's Profile, 15-Year-Old Death Leads To New Bill In Virginia For Parental Access After Death?

Eric Rash's parents are fighting Facebook to attain their late son's password to his login for the popular social media site. In January 2011, the 15-year-old boy was found dead after committing suicide near his father's field in Nottaway County, Virginia, close to his family's farm.

The teenager's parents, Ricky and Diane are disputing with Facebook over privacy laws which restrict grieving families' access to their children's accounts. The families believe they can find more information about why the trouble teen - a straight-A student and aspiring Virginia Tech and Harvard Law School student- took his own life through his personal account.

Due to federal and state privacy laws Facebook cannot give anyone access to personal accounts and the family are taking their fight to the Virginia State Senate.The teen changed his password to his login days before his death and only left a note saying "sorry" to his parents, " He just said if life after high school was worse than high school, then he didn't want to be in it," his mother Diane told WTVR.

Eventually, almost a year after Eric's death, Facebook allowed his parents access to the teens page and now  his parents are looking to change legislation to help other families suffering a child's loss to gain access to their child's page. According to the Washington Post, Rickey said, "We were just grieving parents reaching out for anything we could. Our issue with Facebook and social media is, we should have access." Tuesday, the Virginia Senate will vote on a bill to allow grieving parents access to the page of the deceased.

According to MailOnline, a Facebook spokesman stated:  "These are tragic situations and Facebook always tries to be as helpful to families as possible while still complying with federal and state law." The spokesman added, "The Uniform Law Commission is currently drafting model legislation to guide states in addressing these complicated situations.  We appreciate and support the ULC's efforts."