Kin distraught, outraged over webcam suicide

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Gadgets  Sat, 11/22/2008 - 07:22

 A 19-year-old Florida man who committed suicide by overdosing, broadcast the incident on the Internet, where he was egged on by viewers who thought it was a hoax.<br /><br />MSNBC's Tamron Hall reports. (MSNBC)The family of a college student who killed himself live on the Internet say they're infuriated that viewers of the live webcam or operators of the Web site that hosted it  didn't act sooner to save him.



 

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