Teen kills himself on webcam

A teenager thought to have killed himself because he was being blackmailed online believed he was talking to an American girl on Skype, say police investigating the incident. Daniel Perry, 17, is thought to have fallen victim to a scam where internet users are lured into webcam chats and then blackmailed with the footage. The teenager was told by blackmailers that the conversations had been recorded and would be shared with friends and family unless he paid up. Daniel, from Dunfermline in Fife, died on 15 July. Police Scotland confirmed that officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death and urged anyone experiencing cyberbullying to report it. It has also been reported that the teenager had previously been urged to commit suicide by anonymous users on the social media website Ask.

A Florida teenager committed suicide before a live webcam audience after posting messages online about his plan to kill himself, an official told FOXNews. Abraham Biggs Jr. Bloggers then spent the next 12 hours trying to figure out whether to call authorities, Crane said. The reality of what happened came to a head for viewers after police entered the video frame at about p. But by the time they arrived it was too late. Biggs' family was infuriated that no one acted sooner to save him, neither the viewers nor the Web site that hosted the live video, Justin. The Web site shows a video image, with a space alongside where computer users can instantly post comments.

Abraham Biggs, 19, took an overdose of antidepressant pills in his bedroom while filming himself on a camera linked to Justin. Mr Biggs, from Broward County, Florida, was logged on to a bodybuilding forum in the early hours of Wednesday morning when he announced he had taken an overdose and posted a suicide note. He included a link to Justin. His suicide note, posted under his online name of CandyJunkie, stated that he had hurt other people and hated himself for being a failure.

Don't have an account yet? Get the most out of your experience with a personalized all-access pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more. The sad story of Abraham Biggs, the Pembroke Pines teen who commited suicide live on webcam, just broke locally , but details began emerging from various Internet sources late yesterday afternoon. Valleywag reports that Biggs was a regular user of Justin. Most of the people who watched Biggs that night did so because they knew he planned on committing suicide by ODing on pills; some even left comments urging him on.