the schoolgirl’s best friend reveals having written the farewell letter at her request

The 13-year-old teenager committed suicide in May 2023 after warning for months about the harassment of which she was a victim.

New in the investigation into the circumstances of the death of Lindsay, this 13-year-old schoolgirl who committed suicide in May 2023 after being the victim of school bullying. Shortly after her death, her stepfather gave the police a farewell letter written three months earlier in which the teenager confided her discomfort and the reasons for her action.

This letter was not written by Lindsay, but by her best friend, the latter revealed to BFMTV, Sunday October 13. She explains that she wrote it at the request of Lindsay, who wanted to denounce the harassment she was experiencing. “She’s my best friend, it was complicated to write that, I had difficultyconfides the teenager. But I said to myself: ‘If it’s to send him to the academy and make things happen afterwards’, I have to do it. If it can help us, help her, I have to do it.”

A revelation confirmed by his mother. “My girl made him promise that she wouldn’t do anything, that she wouldn’t act outexplains Séverine, the mother of Lindsay’s friend, on RTL. She told me that she had written this letter because Lindsay felt incapable of doing it, that she was crying, that she was trembling. Lindsay told her what to write.” These statements come the day after the publication of an article from Parisianciting a graphological expertise ordered by the judge of Béthune who investigated this case, who concluded “formal manner” that the author of the farewell letter is indeed Lindsay’s best friend.

If you need help, if you are worried or if you are faced with the suicide of a member of your entourage, there are anonymous listening services. The line Suicide listens(New window) can be reached 24/7 on 01 45 39 40 00. Other information is also available on the website of the Ministry of Health(New window).

To report any situation of harassment or cyberharassment, whether you are a victim or a witness, there are free, anonymous and confidential telephone numbers: 3020 (harassment) and 3018 (cyberharassment)(New window)available Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Other information is also available on the website of the Ministry of National Education(New window).