Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, has died, her family said in an April 25 statement. Giuffre, 41, died near her home in Neergabby, Australia. The cause of death was suicide, her family said in the statement.

Virginia Giuffre, one of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, has died by suicide, her family said on Friday. Giuffre, 41, died on Friday in Western Australia, where she had been living for several years,

Giuffre's sister-in-law Amanda Roberts tells PEOPLE, "Sometimes, when that mental pain overrules, you can't even see anything but that"