Florida Teen Abraham Biggs Commits Suicide In Front Of Live Webcam

South Florida teen Abraham Biggs committed suicide Nov. 19 in front of a webcam streaming live video online.
 

The 19-year-old Biggs died of a drug overdose after blogging that he wanted to kill himself. Suicide is always disturbing, but most of all when there are hundreds of people watching from the comfort of their homes. His death appeared live on Justin.tv, though the video and blogposts have since been removed.
 

AP explains the unsettling details:

Some of those watching encouraged Biggs, others tried to talk him out of it, and a few were debating whether the dose he took was lethal, Crane said. It's unclear how many people were watching.

Biggs stated his intentions on a forum at bodybuilding.com, where some users said they did not take him seriously because he had made previous statements about killing himself, Crane said. Biggs posted a link from there to Justin.tv, a site that allows users to broadcast live videos from their webcams.

Someone finally notified the moderator of the body building site's forum, who traced the teen's location to Pembroke Pines and called police, Crane said. Biggs was dead by the time they got to his house around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Crane said. He had started blogging at 3 a.m.

"He was just seen laying on the bed at that point," she said.

That people were egging him on is disturbing beyond belief. This whole story is just sad.