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Topics: Virginia Giuffre, News, Parenting
Lucy Devine
Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.
Virginia Giuffre's family have shared a letter she wrote to her children just weeks before her death.
On April 25, Virginia died at her home in the Neergabby area of Western Australia. Just weeks before the 41-year-old died, she took to social media to say that she had 'four days to live' after being involved in a car accident, adding that she was 'ready to go' but not before seeing her three children 'one last time'.
Now, Virginia's family have shared a series of diary entries she wrote weeks before she passed away, as well as a letter to her children, titled 'To the kids'.
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It was the last entry that Virginia wrote. In the months leading up to her death, Virginia had been locked in a bitter court battle with her estranged husband, Robert.
In an interview with The Times, an incident in January this year resulted in Robert filing a restraining order against Virginia.
Her ex-husband filed for temporary custody of their youngest children, which was granted. She was also prohibited from contacting them for six months.
"I've never seen my sister as physically broken down as she was then," her brother, Sky Roberts, told The Times. "She was really struggling, emotionally and physically. She could face a lot of things, but the idea of not seeing her children broke her."
In her last diary entry, Virginia wrote a note to her children, which the family are sharing in the hopes that they will see it and know how much she loved them.
According to The Times, Virginia's brothers have tried to contact them but have not received a response.
The letter reads: "Every day that I don't see your faces has a little less light. The world is dimmer w/o you in it.
"... It'll all be alright, you'll have a rainbow over your head, angels by your side and God in your heart."
Sky also spoke about the day before Virginia's death, explaining they had 'such a good day'.
"We had lunch and after that we tried on cowboy hats and went to a thrift store. We were just being silly, you know — she could be very silly," he said.
The next day, Sky went to check on Virginia but heard 'meditation music' coming from her room and decided not to disturb her.
However, feeling as though something was wrong, he returned and found his sister unconscious.
"We have always had this interconnected, twinsie thing and I just felt something was wrong," Sky said.
Despite his attempts to resuscitate Virginia, she sadly passed away.
Sky explained he doesn't know why Virginia chose to take her own life that day; however, he added that it 'was a lot of things', and it was about to be her son's 18th birthday.
"That was very important to her and she knew she wouldn't be there for that. They were her life." he said.
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