Before 13-year-old Rosalie Avila hanged herself in her Yucaipa, California, bedroom last month, she left several notes for her family to read when they found her body.
“She left one note that was for my wife, and it said, ‘I love you, mom. I’m sorry you’re gonna find me like this,’ ” Rosalie’s father, Freddie Avila, tells People. “Another note said, ‘Please, don’t post any pictures of me at my funeral.’ Those were her goodbye notes.”...
... Rosalie was declared brain dead on Dec. 1 and was taken off of life support three days later. According to the family, Rosalie’s suicide attempt followed months of relentless bullying. Avila says Yucaipa-Calimesa School District officials did nothing to protect the teen.
“She said, ‘They’re calling me a whore. They’re telling me that I have herpes,’ and other bad stuff,” Avila tells People. “They made fun of her teeth, everything about her. And she left a bunch of notes, they called her ugly and she had ones of her looking in the mirror saying, ‘Ugly.’ Everything they told her, she believed.”
Bullied Teen Who Killed Herself Apologized For Being Ugly, Didn't Want Any Photos At Funeral
Before 13-year-old Rosalie Avila hanged herself in her Yucaipa, California, bedroom last month, she left several notes for her family to read when they found her body.
“She left one note that was for my wife, and it said, ‘I love you, mom. I’m sorry you’re gonna find me like this,’ ” Rosalie’s father, Freddie Avila, tells People. “Another note said, ‘Please, don’t post any pictures of me at my funeral.’ Those were her goodbye notes.”...
... Rosalie was declared brain dead on Dec. 1 and was taken off of life support three days later. According to the family, Rosalie’s suicide attempt followed months of relentless bullying. Avila says Yucaipa-Calimesa School District officials did nothing to protect the teen.
“She said, ‘They’re calling me a whore. They’re telling me that I have herpes,’ and other bad stuff,” Avila tells People. “They made fun of her teeth, everything about her. And she left a bunch of notes, they called her ugly and she had ones of her looking in the mirror saying, ‘Ugly.’ Everything they told her, she believed.”
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