US man apparently commits suicide as others watch via webcam

November 22, 2008

A Florida teenager apparently committed suicide with a lethal cocktail of pills in front of his webcam as others watched it live on the Internet, authorities and local media said Saturday.

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gmurphy - Nov 22, 2008
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poor misguided idiot, my sympathies to his family.
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Truth - Nov 23, 2008
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Yes,I agree, he was a poor idiot...but the media is an even bigger idiot by publicizing this bizarre nonsense around the world and literally stoking the imagination of thousands of other poor idiots to do the same thing...watch your t.v. news for more such nonsense...
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NeilFarbstein - Nov 23, 2008
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A cure for depression? http://kratominfo...site.com
suicides are almost always caused by depressive illneses.
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