# 19 y.o. posts suicide threat via live webcam on forum... does not end well.

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**Created:** [November 21, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19-y-o-posts-suicide-threat-via-live-webcam-on-forum-does-not-end-well/473797 "2008-11-21T06:53:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19-y-o-posts-suicide-threat-via-live-webcam-on-forum-does-not-end-well/473797/41 "2008-11-23T05:34:03Z")

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For anyone curious, I just came across an AP article about this suicide on the front page of Yahoo News: [Father apalled by virtual audience to son’s death](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081123/ap_on_re_us/webcam_suicide;_ylt=AknjoQXG3MXoMVsO78kagBSs0NUE).

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> “But rather than get help, he was ignored,” Biggs said. “I would not want to see anything like that on the Internet and not try and get help for that young man. I think that’s what the average person would do. Any normal person would do. I’m really appalled.”
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> Pembroke Pines Police Department Sgt. Bryan Davis said no new information on the case was available Saturday.
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> Biggs Sr. said funeral arrangements have not yet been set for his son, who he said loved helping others.
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> “He was a good kid. Good kid,” Biggs Sr. said. “It’s a shame I wasn’t there to help him. It’s a big loss to me. I wish I was there to help him — since nobody else would.”

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