11th grade female student commits suicide by jumping into pond, leaving behind a suicide note

On the afternoon of March 11, the authorities of An Hoa commune (Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) announced that a female student had just committed suicide in a pond in the commune. The victim was HTL (student of class 11C12, Nguyen Duc Mau High School).

The pond where L's body was found. Photo: Viet Hung

According to the victim's relatives, around 11pm on March 10, when L. did not return home from bed, the family called relatives and friends to look for him but could not find him.

At 9:30 a.m. on March 11, some construction workers and passersby discovered a dead body floating in a pond in front of the victim’s house. The body was later identified as L.

People also discovered a cell phone, a pair of sandals and L's suicide note on the pond bank. The letter written by the victim was about 1 page long but was summarized with the content "I'm sorry, mom and dad...".

Faced with this heartbreaking incident, Ms. Ho Thi H. (the victim's mother) burst into tears and could not believe this was true, because her child passed away so suddenly, and no one in the family understood what was happening.

"Before the incident, my child was still normal. However, last night he went somewhere and didn't come back until late at night. This morning he left me...", Ms. H. said in tears.

Mr. Tran Canh Ban - Homeroom teacher of class 11C12 said that when receiving the news, teachers, school and classmates were all surprised and saddened by L's sudden passing. According to Mr. Ban, L. had been attending school normally before that, not missing any classes. Notably, L. was a well-behaved student, the best student in the class. In the first semester of the last school year, L.'s score was the second highest in the class.

The image of L. allegedly kissing her male friend spread on an electronic information page.

"The school is not clear about the reason why L. committed suicide, but after the incident, I heard that in recent days, a clip appeared online recording L. and a male classmate kissing. To know the exact cause, the authorities need to be involved," Mr. Ban added.

After receiving the information, the An Hoa Commune Police Department reported the incident to the Quynh Luu District Police. The police asked the family to agree to an autopsy to determine the cause of L.'s death, but the family did not agree. Therefore, on the afternoon of March 11, the family held a funeral for L.