18-year-old Emmanuela Polidor revealed that her mother, Ketlyne Ferdinand, 34, left behind a note before taking her life on October 9.
Emmanuela said her mother gave her a purse with the note inside, which she found after her mother's death.
“When I saw the note I was really hurt,”she said.
“Because ain’t nobody could be mentally prepared for a sudden death like that, especially someone you close with.”
Emmanuela visited her mother the day before she died and noticed she was feeling down.
“I give her a hug and, you know, I could just see she was down,”she said.
Police found Ms Ferdinand’s body in an outdoor shed. She left behind her daughter and a 12-year-old son.
Author's summary: A mother's tragic suicide leaves behind a note and grieving children.