Family members of an 11-year-old who took her own life after the man accused of sexually abusing her was released on bail have attended a smoking ceremony held in Bunbury, in WA's South West.
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Annaliesse Ugle self-harmed earlier in the week after the man accused of sexually abusing her, Peter Frederick Humes, was released on bail.
A smoking ceremony was held in Bunbury on Sunday to pay respects to Annaliesse, five days after her life support was turned off.
More than 100 people turned out to the vigil, including family members.
Her uncle, Phillip Ugle, was among those at the event and remembered Annaliesse as a lovely girl who was always smiling.
"I have always treated my brothers and sisters kids as my own kids and helped where I could," he said.
"After her dad passed away in April, she came up to me and said, 'you're my dad now'.
"I used to always spoil her. She was a lovely kid."
Mr Ugle said he hoped people took something away from Annaliesse's death.
"I hope that this encourages parents to talk to their children — listen to their children," he said.
"Make them understand that it's OK to approach them and say what's happening.
"As parents we try our best to protect our children, but things happen that we aren't aware of."
The circumstances of her death and allegations raised are still the subject of investigations but the allegations prompted calls for cultural change and changes to WA's bail act that would see people accused of multiple child sex offences denied bail.
Annaliesse is expected to be buried in the South West with her father.
