A criminal case has been initiated in Yekaterinburg after a 16-year-old schoolgirl took her own life.

      The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case under the article "Driving to suicide" following the death of a 16-year-old girl from Yekaterinburg. The body of the schoolgirl was found on the evening of May 30 near a high-rise building on Letchikov Street.

      According to a source from the publication "KP-Yekaterinburg," the initiation of a criminal case does not yet mean that the girl became a victim of a crime.

      — This is standard practice for the Investigative Committee. Within the framework of the criminal case, circumstances are being clarified, and examinations are being conducted, added the media insider.

      A suicide note was found in the pocket of the deceased. However, her family does not believe that the text was written by the girl.

      The press service of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk region does not comment on this situation.

      It was previously reported that the deceased lived a block away from where her body was found, with her mother and younger brother and sister. Last year, she graduated from the 9th grade and was planning to enroll in college.

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