Before 13-year-old Rosalie Avila hanged herself in her Yucaipa, California, bedroom last month she left several notes for her family to read when they found her body.
“She left one note that was for my wife, and it said, ‘I love you, mom. I’m sorry you’re gonna find me like this,’ ” Rosalie’s father, Freddie Avila, tells PEOPLE. “Another note said, ‘Please, don’t post any pictures of me at my funeral.’ Those were her goodbye notes.”