Sunday, December 7, 2008

Teen Broadcasts Suicide Online

On November 9th Abraham Biggs ,19 , committed suicide live online. The teen had been talking about his planned suicide 12 hours before hand. He positioned a live webcam facing his bed and broadcasted the event using Justin.tv. People watched as the young man overdosed on opiates and benzodiazepine, prescribed for his bi-polar disorder. People thinking it was a hoax posted comments such as "LOL" and "OMG". It wasn't untill many hours later that someone finally called the police. By then of course, it was too late.

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