Grade Seven Girl Takes Own Life Over Love Affair
A 13-year-old Grade Seven learner from Destiny, Mutare, consumed rat poison on Sunday and died in the wee hours of Monday after being reprimanded by her mother for coming home late.
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Shylet Matanhire, who was a student at Maps Primary School and was on the verge of sitting for her final examinations later this month, endured hours of excruciating pain before her death.
Shylet reportedly apologised to her mother and aunt for consuming the toxic substance before she was rushed to a nearby clinic.
She was transferred to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital where she died in the wee hours of Monday morning.
According to interviewed relatives, Shylet left her siblings alone and went away with a 15-year-old boy (name withheld) who stays nearby.
She only came home around 8pm. Ms Muzeya said:
Shylet was a well-behaved child, and we did not hear about any shenanigans before Sunday when she got in trouble for coming home late.
Her mother, Mai Matanhire, had gone to a nearby mountain for prayers and left Shylet at her home with her siblings.
After hearing that Shylet had come home late, Mai Matanhire quizzed her about the issue.
She disciplined her daughter and advised her to desist from staying out late. I think this did not go down well with Shylet as she stormed into her mother’s room.
She took rat poison and consumed it. She later confessed that she had taken rat poison.
Her mother raised alarm and neighbours quickly rushed her to a clinic at Acid shops before she was transferred to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital where she died in the early hours of Monday.
Shylet was laid to rest at Dangamvura Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
Grade Seven Girl Takes Own Life Over Love Affair
She was seen with the boy who happens to be my brother. We quizzed her over the issue, but she vehemently denied that she was in love with the boy.
We also quizzed the boy over the issue, but he also denied being in love with Shylet. She was disciplined by her mother afterwards.
We later learnt from her mother that Shylet had consumed rat poison. We knew her as a well-behaved girl, and we don’t know what really prompted her to cut her beautiful life short like that.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Norbert Muzondo confirmed the incident and said investigations are in progress.
He said the post mortem results revealed that Shylet died of organophosphate poisoning. Muzondo said:
We are yet to get more details on what prompted her to consume the poison as the matter came to our light after Shylet’s admission and subsequent death. Investigations are in progress.
