Missing Jiangxi schoolboy was depressed, committed suicide
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A JOINT investigation team in Jiangxi Province said that the teenage boy who went missing from his dormitory in October had committed suicide.
The 15-year-old high school student surnamed Hu disappeared from his dormitory in Qianshan County, Jiangxi’s Shangrao City, on October 14.
He was found hanging in a mountain forest 106 days later, on January 28.
A DNA test later confirmed it was Hu.
According to Hu Mansong, deputy director of the Jiangxi public security bureau, “two audio clips recorded by Hu just before his disappearance that were recovered near his body proved his clear intention of suicide.”
Hu had repeatedly recorded and deleted the clips many times, corrupting some data, but no evidence of man-made synthesis or tampering was found, he said.
In one of the clips recorded at 11:08pm on October 14, the day he went missing, Hu is heard saying, “Now I want to die, because it feels pointless.”
Another clip was recorded in the afternoon the same day when he stood on the balcony of his dormitory on the fifth floor, intending to jump, the official said.
A psychological analysis determined that Hu was “introverted, compassionate, and lonely.” He had little social interaction and no one to lean on for emotional support. He frequently jotted down his feelings and thoughts in books.
After joining Zhiyuan Middle School in September 2022, he experienced a psychological gap brought on by his poor academic performance, coupled with the pressure from interpersonal relationships and adolescent impulsiveness.
He had issues eating and sleeping and had cognitive disorders and a psychological imbalance before he went missing. The investigation also revealed that he was clearly weary of the world and had a propensity toward suicide.
Hu once noted in his textbook that “My introverted personality is incredibly unpleasant, and it’s really hard to adapt to the new surroundings.”
“I’m trying to disappear, but nobody actually cares,” he wrote in a social media post.
On September 27, he made three phone calls to his mother, crying that he wanted to stop studying and return home. Hu’s mother and brother met him on October 1 in an attempt to calm him down.
Hu had strung up his shoelaces to commit suicide from a tree in the courtyard of a granary on Jinji Mountain, about 400 meters from his school.
The two 147-centimeter-long terylene shoelaces can hold 85 kilograms, according to tests. The body had also decomposed and become lighter.
The investigating team discovered that Hu was wearing the same clothes and shoes when he vanished.
There was no evidence of dragging or fighting at the scene.
An autopsy revealed that the body had severely decomposed but the skeleton was complete. There were no signs of blood, fracture, damage, or poisoning.
Hu’s disappearance garnered national attention after his family reported the teenager missing on October 15.
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