World | USA
Florida teen kills self in front of live webcam
A Florida teenager committed suicide by drug overdose in front of a webcam streaming live video to the Internet and some viewers may have egged him on, authorities said on Friday.
- Agencies
- Published: 17:25 November 22, 2008
- Image Credit: Supplied picture
- Abraham Biggs Jr., 19, was found in the bedroom of his home in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on Wednesday.
Miami: A Florida teenager committed suicide by drug overdose in front of a webcam streaming live video to the Internet and some viewers may have egged him on, authorities said on Friday.
Abraham Biggs Jr., 19, was found in the bedroom of his home in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on Wednesday and an autopsy showed he died of a toxic combination of opiates and benzodiazepine, a drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia, the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office said.
"We have ruled it a suicide. Part of the terminal event was recorded on a website and there was streaming video," said Dr. Steve Cina, deputy chief medical examiner of Broward County.
Biggs had written blogs about his intentions and some of the viewers who were watching the event live may have goaded him on, Cina said.
"In a purported suicide note posted by Miami television station WPLG on its website, Biggs said: "I hate myself and I hate living."
The note said he had "thought about and attempted suicide many times in the past."
What is you reaction to this incident? Does this reflect on increasing apathy in the society? How can authorities use the internet to reach out to those in need of psychological counselling?
Your comments
This is a reflection of the disgusting levels that humanity has reached when certain deranged individuals in society encourage a distraught person to commit suicide while they view it live online instead of helping him out.
Rami Abu Ghali
Dubai,UAE
Posted: November 23, 2008, 17:19
News Editor's choice
-
Allies quit ruling coalition in Nepal
Political row could trigger months of street protests and violence
-
Qatar blaze 'started at nursery'
Fire killed 19 including 13 children, at Doha’s main shopping centre
-
Jagan jailed over illegal assets
Andhra Pradesh leader accused of corruption, cheating, conspiracy
