1500 Watch as Teen Commits Suicide in Front of His Webcam   - 2,225 Views, 4 Comments

The video from Abraham Biggs’ webcam was also posted on Justin.TV. It has since been taken down, but while up the description read:

“CandyJunkie was a regular poster on Bodybuilding.com, and a bit of an attention whore, but so is half the misc section of bb.com. CandyJunkie, though, posted a lot about taking depressants and muscle relaxers. He made threads [sic] threatening to OD on these drugs several times but never followed through until Wednesday, November 19th 2008. Live on justin.tv he overdosed and seemed to fell [sic] asleep. He passed away some time later as about a hundred or so miscers watched. Local authorities were eventually notified, but were hours too late. Rest in peace.”

In reality, it is estimated that as many as 1500 people watched over the course of the twelve hours between when Biggs stated his intention and took the overdose, and when he died and was discovered by police. Some people actually egged him on, others discussed whether he had taken enough medication to actually kill him. But nobody bothered to alert authorities until it was too late. By the time someone contacted the forum administrator with what was going on - and the BodyBuilding.com administrator contacted the police where Abraham was, in Broward County, Florida - Abraham Biggs was dead.

The last image on Abraham’s webcam, before it was taken down, was of the police entering, weapons drawn, and then finding the body.

This is a sad case, on all levels. And it raises the question - what, if any - responsibility did those watching, the BodyBuilding.com administrators, and the Justin.tv adminstrators, have?

What do you think?