The schoolgirl protests followed the death of 16-year-old protester Nika Shakarami, who had disappeared at a protest 10 days earlier.[1][2][122] According to a report by BBC Persian,[123] Shakarami's family alleged that she had gone missing for 10 days following a protest in Tehran on 20 September.[120][121][122] In her last message, Shakarami told a friend she was being pursued by security forces.[121][123][122] On 30 September, Shakarami's family found her body in a detention center morgue in Tehran.[120][123] The family was only briefly permitted to see Shakarami's face,[121][123] but saw that her nose and skull had been broken.[122] Shakarami's body was transferred to Khorramabad, her father's hometown, on 2 October, which would have been her 17th birthday.[120][123] Under pressure from authorities, her family agreed not to hold a funeral.[123] Shakarami's aunt, who posted about her niece on social media, was also arrested on Sunday after security forces raided her house and threatened to kill her if anyone in the family participated in the protests, according to BBC Persian.[123] Shakarami's aunt said she had been told that her niece was in the Revolutionary Guard's custody and had briefly been imprisoned at Evin prison.[122] On 3 October, the family told BBC Persian that authorities had stolen Shakarami's body and buried it in the village of Veysian, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Khorramabad.[121][123]