Bullied 14-year-old Aboriginal girl kills herself after posting tragic message: ‘Once I’m gone the bullying will stop’
Rochelle Pryor was the fifth Aboriginal girl to commit suicide in the past two weeks alone in Australia
A teenage girl posted a desperate cry for help on Facebook just hours before she took her life. Fourteen-year-old Rochelle Pryor, a girl of aboriginal descent who lived in Perth, described being bullied and constantly facing racism in the post and hoped she wouldn't have to bear the pain when she was gone.
According to the Daily Mail, on New Year's Day, Rochelle wrote, "Once I'm gone, the bullying and the racism will stop," and that only one of her friends replied to the post. Later the same night, she was found unconscious in her room by her father and was rushed to the hospital. Despite the best efforts of medical professionals to save her life, she was declared dead nine days later on January 10.