Mark Wahlberg stars in 'Joe Bell,' a tragic true story about an Oregon family
Joe Bell was killed while walking across the country to honor his 15-year-old son who died by suicide after he was bullied for being gay.
Author: Christelle Koumoué (KGW)
Updated: 7:13 PM PDT July 22, 2021
LA GRANDE, Ore — In 2013, Joe Bell set out to walk 5,000 miles across the U.S. to honor his 15-year-old son Jadin, who died by suicide after being bullied in school for being gay. Bell had made it from La Grande, Ore. to a small town in Colorado when a semi-tractor-trailer hit and killed him.