Florida teenager commits suicide in front of live online audience

November 21, 2008

2 hours, 28 minutes ago

By The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Authorities say a South Florida teen

committed suicide in front of a live online webcam audience after

blogging about his plan to kill himself.

Broward County medical examiner's office investigator Crane

says 19-year-old Abraham Biggs died Wednesday from a toxic

combination of opiates and benzodiazepine, a depressant used to treat

insomnia.

People were watching through a body-building website and Crane says

some were encouraging, others tried to talk him out of it, and a few

were debating whether the dose he took was lethal.

Crane says someone notified the moderator, who traced the teen's

location and called police.

Biggs was dead by the time they got there.

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