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15-Year-Old Who Was Gang Raped By Bullies Left This Heartbreaking Letter Before Committing Suicide
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15-Year-Old Who Was Gang Raped By Bullies Left This Letter Before Committing Suicide

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A 15-year-old schoolgirl committed suicide after being bullied and gang raped when she was just 13. Before taking her own life however, Cassidy Trevan of Melbourne, Australia wrote this powerful and heartbreaking suicide note as a warning to other students at her school.

“My name is Cassidy Trevan, and I was raped,” reads the letter. “I was a student at (school name omitted) and I was raped by some of the students who still attend that school. My aim is to warn other people (students mostly but also parents) about what happened because I’m worried if they could do it to me they could do it to other kids like me, or at least try to. If anyone every tries this on you trust me it’s worth fighting! Fight! If you don’t you’ll regret it for the rest of your life like I do. You can do it. Be careful. Be warned. Be safe.”

The gang rape was reported to Dandenong police, but Cassidy never made a formal statement as she was scared that the bullies would retaliate. Despite Linda and her daughter meeting with the police more than 20 times over a two-year period, the case was eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.

Cassidy’s unfinished letter, which you can see below, was found on her computer by her mom, Linda. She shared it with 9 News and also took to Facebook to share her daughter’s tragic story. “BULLYING KILLED MY CHILD,” it reads. “I had to watch my baby suffer for the next 22 months from these demons … she worried you would find her and get her again, she went through continued bullying from some of you who managed to get to her by phone or social media, via others, even after what you’d done to her. She suffered flash backs of the crime, nightmares, insomnia, separation anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD and subsequent worsening mental illness. I’m not a mean, angry, or vindictive person … but what you kids did … I hope you never forgive yourselves and never forget the name Cassidy Trevan. You all have blood on your hands for as long as you live.”

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Cassidy Trevan was just 13 when she was raped by 2 teenage boys in 2014

She committed suicide almost 2 years later

Later, her mom found a powerful letter on her computer

She shared it with the media and also took to Facebook to share her daughter’s tragic story

Here’s the full text:

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“I hope the knowledge of what you did haunts you for the rest of your lives,” wrote her mother Linda

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“What you kids did … I hope you never forgive yourselves and never forget the name Cassidy Trevan. You all have blood on your hands for as long as you live”

Cassidy’s boyfriend Luke said, “I am more than glad that attention is finally being drawn to her bullying and the bullying of many”

The internet was quick to respond to Cassidy’s shocking and heartbreaking story

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Emre
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate to see people commit suicide because of others... This is murder! Please, please, please evaluate this case in this way...

Daria B
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree it's murder. But no punishment will ever bring her, and other people like her, back to life. And yet, they certainly shouldn't just go on, as nothing happened. I'm not a violent person, but sometimes it really feels like there's no other way than a hard slap on one's face to make them realise what they've done.

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Jorge Martinez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If she was my kid, I would be doing life in prison , 'cause I would slaughter those m***********s in way you can't imagine.

Mia C
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will like to think that I would be the better person but I have to agree with you. They will suffer my wrath to the latest extend of comprehension and I will make no apologies. My heart bleeds for this mother and that poor girl

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Emre
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate to see people commit suicide because of others... This is murder! Please, please, please evaluate this case in this way...

Daria B
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree it's murder. But no punishment will ever bring her, and other people like her, back to life. And yet, they certainly shouldn't just go on, as nothing happened. I'm not a violent person, but sometimes it really feels like there's no other way than a hard slap on one's face to make them realise what they've done.

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Jorge Martinez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If she was my kid, I would be doing life in prison , 'cause I would slaughter those m***********s in way you can't imagine.

Mia C
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will like to think that I would be the better person but I have to agree with you. They will suffer my wrath to the latest extend of comprehension and I will make no apologies. My heart bleeds for this mother and that poor girl

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