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A 10-year-old girl found dead alongside a heartbreaking note she left allegedly committed suicide to make her mum 'the happiest woman in the world.'

Emergency services received a call claiming a girl had hanged herself at 10.18pm on January 6 - the Three Kings Day or 'el Dia de Reyes,' a festival during which people give each other presents.

The girl's tragic note claimed she was giving her mum a 'great present' by killing herself.

She appeared to blame herself for her dad leaving home and believed she was 'pain' and 'ruin' in her mother's life.

One devastating line in the letter read: "I hope some day you remember me and in the sky, finally, you hug me."

Authorities in Aguascalientes, Mexico, said the cause of death has been confirmed as strangulation by hanging.

The letter found by the child's body read: "Dear Three Kings, I only want to ask you my mum will be the happiest woman in the world after I will not be here any more as I am only a pain and a ruin in her life since I was born, as I was the reason my dad left our house."

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It went on: "I want to ask my mum to be calm, not to work a lot, the best present I can ask is her happiness.

"I hope some day you remember me and in the sky, finally, you hug me.

"I think the best present for the Three Kings is if I kill myself.

"As you always said to me I wish you had never been born.

"I love you so much, mum, I know the Three Kings do not exist but I give you this great present."

In countries including Spain and Mexico, the festival of the Three Kings is celebrated on January 6 to honour the Three Wise Men.

The day closes the Christmas festivities and is when people in Mexico exchange gifts.

Neighbours said the girl did not appear to be sad or have problems.

Authorities in Mexico are investigating the death and local reports claim the police are looking to charge the mother, whose location remains unknown.

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