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Teen Commits Suicide Online

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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On Wednesday, November 19, Abraham Biggs, Jr., a 19 year-old college student, decided to broadcast himself live on a bodybuilding Web site swallowing an excess amount of pills. He was later found dead in his father’s bed. Evidence shows that Biggs was egged on by viewers, according to the Associated Press. The troubled teen’s father, Abraham Biggs, Sr., said on Saturday he was alarmed by the online audience that provoked his son to kill himself and that some users are equally responsible for the death.