19-year-old Florida resident Abraham K. Biggs told users on a bodybuilding forum he would be committing suicide that night and invited them to watch the live video. The forum moderators allegedly ignored the post – assuming it was a prank – while other users posted insults and even egged him on. The teen used the "lifecasting" website Justin.tv – designed to let users share the minutiae of their everyday lives – to stream footage from his bedroom.
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Mr Biggs posted a suicide note (reproduced at this forum):
Mr Biggs then posted his suicide note, where he said he had hurt other people and hated himself for being a failure. “I am an a@#hole I have let everyone down and I feel as though I will never change or never improve. I am in love with a girl and I know that I am not good enough for her.”Up to 1000 viewers watched the video. Biggs was seen taking several pills before lying on the bed with his back to the camera. Police was called in.
A video capture showing a police officer in the bedroom oft Abraham K Biggs, hours after the teenager took an overdose
Biggs's friends have posted "RIP" messages on his MySpace page, with some still asking him to pick up his phone, and others changing their statuses to "devastated".
Click here and here for an account by one of the viewers of the video.
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