Webcam justin.tv SUICIDE Abraham Biggs (raises Q on Ethics, morality) ~

At the posting of this, the suicide event is old news, although I intend to have it documented for historical purposes: 19-year-old Abraham Biggs of Pembroke Pines, Fla., was blogging on an online message board when he posted a link to Justin.tv, a live-streaming Web site where he had a camera rolling on him while he overdosed on prescription medication. ...
19-year-old Florida resident Abraham K. Biggs, who went by the screen names "CandyJunkie" and Mr 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.
Mr. Biggs was seen taking several pills before lying on the bed with his back to the camera.
He didn't move, and users claim they realised it was serious a few hours later when they saw he wasn't breathing. Moderators then traced Biggs's location and informed authorities.

The webcam was still streaming live footage of the teen's body as police entered the room. A laser-guided weapon was pointed at the body and an object was thrown at the bed.

Authorities then appeared on the video as they approached the teen's body, checked for a pulse, and covered up the webcam.

Biggss death was reportedly confirmed by the Broward County medical examiner.

Justin.tv chief executive officer Michael Seibel told online video news website NewTeeVee.com the service relied on users to report inappropriate content.


MIAMI — A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home _ a scene also captured on the Internet _ it was too late.

Biggs, a 19-year-old Broward College student who suffered from what his family said was bipolar disorder, or manic depression, lay dead on his bed in his father's Pembroke Pines house Wednesday afternoon, the camera still running 12 hours after Biggs announced his intentions online around 3 a.m. ...


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[VictoriaBvB13]

is it sick that i want to see the real video?

just want to know.... n if it is plz no, mean mean comment.... o.o

[Jeremih15]

Rest in peace Abraham, i hope you found happiness

[sameoldage1988]

He was a soldier. U.S. Army. Give the kid some fucking respect. Go on a deployment and lose your homie, find out your wife is leaving you with the kids for a worthless fuck and took all the money you work for... Believe me you don't have any fucking idea what we go through... So keep your mother fucking bullshit comments to your self.

[TheWalrus835]

it takes a weak person to tale there own life, why on webcam?

[trueleo1981]

I sometimes. Want to die and have three kids and just don't. Want to live anymore I fill biggs and hate were I am in live I give it a week

[XxsamanthaxX2000]

@VictoriaBvB13 no its not...i do to

[beckyg2010]

such a waste of a beautiful human being, R.I.P Mr Biggs and know that life can't hurt you anymore!

[greyngo]

@fear2darkness of course it isn't anywhere anymore.

[SpEeDFrEeK005]

@cenatif fuck you

[tbio2]

@cenatif Hate to break it to ya dumbass but he really did do this.