By William Cole For Mailonline
Published: 01:06 BST, 6 May 2019 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 6 May 2019
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A grieving mother has pleaded with other parents to think twice about letting their children watch a popular Netflix show after he daughter killed herself after finishing it.
Rachael Warburton, says her daughter Jessica Scatterson, 12, left a suicide note with 'six reasons to kill herself' before she hanged herself.
She had told her mother that she had been watching 13 Reasons Why, a show about a teenager who commits suicide and leaves a series of recording that attempt to explain her irrational decision.
A new US study has also found that teen suicides spiked 30 per cent after first season of 13 Reasons Why aired, with the rise mainly driven by boys, although no direct causal link could be made.
Jessica Scatterson, 12, killed herself after watching the series, and left a suicide note of 'six reasons' why she thought she should kill herself
'Jessica was watching this show with her friends and listed six reasons why she wanted to die,' Rachel told the Mirror.
'It should be banned, because my daughter watched it and it gives children the idea to self-harm.'
An inquest into the young girl's death heard she and her friends had self-harmed, and that she had made superficial cuts to her leg in the shape of lettering.
Devastated mother Rachael Warburton has pleaded for other parents not to allow young children to watch the 15-rated Netflix series
Jessica's friends had called police after she posted a photo of her foot with 'RIP' written on it.
He found her hanged in her bedroom at her father's home in Warrington, Cheshire, just two days short of her 13th birthday.
A small blade from a pencil sharpener was found in her room, as well as notes that referred to suicide, and the name of an alleged bully and a drawing of someone being hanged.
Her death came three weeks after
