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Mother's Web warning after suicide
 Carina, front left, with her family as they appeared in "The Colony." YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSLONDON, England -- The mother of a teenage girl who hanged herself after looking at suicide Web sites has warned of the dangers they pose. Carina Stephenson, 17, was found hanged in woods near her home in the village of Branton, near Doncaster in northern England, on May 21 this year. Before her death she spent four months filming a reality TV show in the Australian outback with her family. The program, called "The Colony," is scheduled to be shown on The History Channel from Sunday. Carina's mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she believed her daughter would still be alive if she had not had access to Web sites glorifying suicide. She told Britain's ITV News: "It's horrendous. Some of the things on there that I have logged on to -- I've had to walk away. I've felt physically sick." Earlier this year an inquest heard how Carina was a "well-balanced, normal, happy and healthy girl" who had not been bullied at school, according to the UK's Press Association. Her headteacher described her as a "gregarious, mature, personable and thoughtful" teenager. But a police officer said that after Carina went missing her computer was checked, and it was found that she had visited a number of suicide sites. He said a suicide note was found in her e-mails. The court heard that two suicide notes were found close to her body. A coroner said Carina appeared to have enjoyed her experience filming "The Colony." The History Channel said the show did not lead to the teenager's apparent suicide. "The whole family came back from Australia nearly six months ago and were very positive about the experience," a spokeswoman told PA. "They had been living the life of a convict family, along with families from Ireland and Australia, and were given a certain amount of provisions to live on. If there had been any upset or distress they could have left and gone home at any point. It's not Big Brother." 
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