19yr old pulls a live-video suicide on justin.tv. Egged on by forum posters
 

http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/19-y...e-on-justintv/

Someone posted this readers digest condensed version:

- CandyJunkie creates thread telling Misc. he'll overdose himself again on drugs live on Justin.tv
- CandyJunkie posts the amount of drugs he's going to take
- Mods don't take it seriously because of his past trolling
- People egg him on
- CandyJunkie posts a copied suicide note
- People keep egging him on
- He pops the pills and goes to sleep
- He breathes for a few hours, people think he's going to be alright and keep joking and trash talking on his JTV log.
- Some time later many people realize he was not moving.
- I find his personal details through E-detectivery, I figure out his name and number and location.
- Personal details posted on Misc. I request people to call the cops because I live in India and had no way to make International calls all by myself.
- People tell me he's a troll and nobody calls. Staberella especially is quite a huge cynic and says that he wasn't going to die on that kind of drugs, she insists nothing is going to happen and that people should just gtfo of the thread.
- I send an email to Miami Police on their official email on their website, Email not functioning!
- I call Miami Police from my dad's phone and speak to at least three cops and one person from the 911 line (whatever it is) for over 8 minutes about the situation, the people there do not take the case seriously and tell me to call the sheriff of his county, and give me the sheriff's number even after I told them I was speaking from a different country and that this was an emergency.
- I post the sheriff's number on the Misc. thread
- People tell me to quit worrying and that they're 100% sure its a loop and he's just fraudin'
-jjlee138 (Rep this dude) calls the Broward County Sheriff's office and speaks to them about the situation along with a couple of other people. By the time I called, it turns out 3 people had already called them about it.
- People wait for the cops to bust in on the JTV cam.
- Some people start thinking nobody called the cops, at least 5 more people call the cops, they were told the cops were on it
- 25 minutes after the first call to the cops, the cops bust in. They cover the webcam
- People speculating whether he's dead or not
- At this point of time a lot of people start deleting/editing their posts everywhere. PM me for the original thread content.
- Friends post messages on his myspace worried about him, no response from him.
- His best friend posts a thread on the Misc. and informs the people that he's dead.
- Some people still think its a bluff

RIP Abraham Biggs

A similar suicide over the Net took place a few years ago. Interesting how the online spectators/bystanders had roughly the same reaction as this.

That's pretty shitty man.

We live in a world where our level of technology is matched by our cynicism and apathy. It's a reall shitty situation! :(

So real question.. If one of our resident trolls came here saying he's going to kill himself etc.. Would anyone here take them seriously, on a real life level?

that's fucked.. he stole my idea if i was every gonna whack myself :(

I'd call 911 for you, kman. :Oh crap

awe shucksss

nevermind

Ripper is a ganster!

:helpme:Oh crap:error

wow, the poll over there is running 50/50 that they think the moderator that "egged him on" on the forum should get jail time :(

Shame, but shit happens, he knew what he was doing.

Moral of the story: Don't call from India.

That's crazy.

i just thought that probably exactly the same would happen here...

shitty situation and ending

That is so fuck up, some people are so weird.

bummer the kid did that but I wouldn't have beleived him either.

someone posted this yesterday but it was supposedly on a bodybuilding forum, same exact story, etc.

I told you I was hardcore

Here is the video of the cops busting into his room, pretty eerie IMO

http://www.livevideo.com/video/F29B1...unkie-vid.aspx

lol...i'm sure the GFY posters would not have egged him on...19 year old....shit that's a man, no sympathy

serious business.

Then who was phone?

:winkwink:

thing kind of thing will probably become more commonplace over the years. The net has nothing to do with it really. Just gives someone a convienient audience. They would of offed themselves regardless.

man that really sux. too bad he was a troll for so long thats why nobody took any real action.

i remeber that from the last time this happened.

poor kid

Its a shame that at 19 the kid didnt see any other way out.

:( really sad story. The webcam and message board parts of the story are just what you might expect I guess. You just can't take suicidal comments lightly, and a few false alarms are better than one that slips through.

19 a man? Some are men by then but most are not.

Sad story when a young person takes their own life, but I guess he cried wolf one to many times.

pretty shit :)

Such a shame

rippercam

bb.com forums were down yesterday too

That's really fucked up

If I seen a gfy'er on live cam trying to kill himself.. I'd call the cops.

when I notice ppl websites are down I contact their hosts.. of ppl I know of coarse, surely Id call the cops if someone was trying to kill themselves.

Just like when there's a jumper on a ledge or on a bridge, I'd be standing at the front of the crowd chanting "Jump! Jump! Jump!".

When the weak want to take themselves out of the equation, so be it.

That is so sad :(

the weak are weeded out. sometimes at their own hands. its evolution.