According to Annalise's distressed father, Gary Authurs, his daughter eventually succeeded in killing herself on Tuesday after trying to take her life three times in the last two years.
He said that a couple of years ago, while Annalise was a student at Howard Cooke Primary, she attempted to jump from an upstairs balcony at the school after the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results were announced and students she perceived to be of an inferior academic standard were placed in traditional high schools, while she was placed at St James High.
"She was so disappointed and took it seriously and attempted to jump off the building. It took the students and teachers to stop her," the bereaved father told the Observer last Thursday.
In January, according to the distraught father, his daughter again tried to end her life as a result of a problematic love affair with a male student.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Failed-romance-drove-14-year-old-over-the-edge_8645558#ixzz1JEteZ4Op
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