Missing Teen Leaves Harrowing Suicide Note

The Omphile family is appealing to the public to help them find Daphney Omphile, who has been missung for a week
The Omphile family is appealing to the public to help them find Daphney Omphile, who has been missung for a week

In a rather heart-wrenching incident, the Omphile family in Kopong is reeling in pain, as it has been a week now without their daughter. Damning even further is the fact that the child left a suicide note dismissing the worthiness of her life.

According to an aunt, Kelebogile Pajor, her 19-year-old niece Daphney Omphile went missing on Tuesday morning and left a suicide note before vanishing.

“When the father came back from dropping off a child at school, he found the suicide note on the table with Daphney nowhere to be seen. He then kept the note until the mother arrived from work in the evening and showed her the note. They then informed us as relatives,” she said.

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