A teenage girl in California died by suicide after she reportedly struggled to cope with the stay-at-home orders amid the Coronavirus outbreak.
15-year-old Jo’Vianni Smith of Stockton was found dead inside her home after she hanged herself last week.
A coach at Jo’Vianni’s school, Bear Creek High School, told Recordnet that ‘the cause of death reportedly was due to the stresses and pressures from coping with the self-isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.’
Her mother, Danielle Hunt, also said she believes that stress from the health crisis may have played a role in her daughter’s death, according to the outlet.
She said “I felt that I was doing all that I could as a parent to leave the communication open, sometimes we may need to stop and worry about the kids that we don’t think we need to worry about. It’s like, how do you explain a girl like her? If you met her one time, like, she made an impact in your life”.