19-year-old Abraham K Biggs commits suicide live on webcam

[®eese]

:no: TEENAGER has apparently committed suicide in front of a live webcam after being encouraged by people online.
19-year-old Florida resident Abraham K. Biggs, who went by the screen names "CandyJunkie" and “Mr Biggs”, told users on a bodybuilding forum he would be committing suicide that night and invited them to watch the live video.
The forum moderators allegedly ignored the post – assuming it was a prank – while other users posted insults and even egged him on.


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Biggs was seen taking several pills before lying on the bed with his back to the camera.
He didn't move, and users claim they realised it was serious a few hours later when they saw he wasn't breathing. Moderators then traced Biggs's location and informed authorities.
The webcam was still streaming live footage of the teen's body as police entered the room. A laser-guided weapon was pointed at the body and an object was thrown at the bed.
Authorities then appeared on the video as they approached the teen's body, checked for a pulse, and covered up the webcam.
Biggs’s death was reportedly confirmed by the Broward County medical examiner.
Justin.tv chief executive officer Michael Seibel told online video news website NewTeeVee.com the service relied on users to report inappropriate content.
"As for the broadcaster incident last night, we don’t comment on individual videos, however, our policy prohibits inappropriate content on Justin.tv," he said.
"We rely on the community to flag videos that they feel are objectionable. Once a video is flagged, it is reviewed and quickly removed from the system if it violates our Terms of Use."
Some forum users allegedly began deleting their posts after the incident and an official thread – including Biggs' full name – was posted by moderators.
Biggs's friends have posted "RIP" messages on his MySpace page, with some still asking him to pick up his phone, and others changing their statuses to "devastated".
The teen described himself as a "good hearted guy" on his social networking profile.
"I care a lot about my friends and my family and I would do almost anything for them," he said.
"I am very goal oriented, I know what I want to do with my life and I am working towards it."
Biggs last posted on MySpace three days before he committed suicide in a wall post about taking sleeping pills. A week ago he left a message about closing a chapter in his life and apologised to his friends for his behaviour.
The circumstances of the teen's suicide are similar to another incident last year, when a man hung himself in front of a live webcam as internet users egged him on.

[sLam]

Damn! I frequent the forums on bodybuilding.com and I've chatted with CandyJunkie in the past. He was always a little disturbed and I can remember him making threads about how his girlfriend was going to beat him up and other weird shit. 6-8 months ago he was asking me if he was qualified to enlist in the military if he'd ever been in a mental institution. He wanted to know if he'd still be able to get a security clearance.

I haven't been on bb.com in a few days so I wasn't there when this shit went down. I'm sure a few of them egged him on (most probably thought he was joking, but other probably didn't care either way). This seems kind of surreal to me.

RIP

[LukeKage]

Damn :no: R.I.P. to him

[Queeny]

that is sooooooooo sad :( omg im gonna cry!! that's soooooo so sad!

[collegedropout]

R.I.P.
It's disturbing.

[Icey]

wow.
see this is why I always tell ya'll, dont diss no one, dont personally attack people on the internet, yes its just the net but some ppl are fucked and have issues going on u might not know about. be nice to eachother.

this reminds of me of the movie "Untraceble" (I dont know how to spell it lol). When a teenage kid was killin ppl and had a camera there and the more ppl joined the forum the faster they were being killed.

fuckery.

R.I.P

[WhiteGtz]

Thats a damn shame. :no:

[rell]

Damn! I frequent the forums on bodybuilding.com and I've chatted with CandyJunkie in the past. He was always a little disturbed and I can remember him making threads about how his girlfriend was going to beat him up and other weird shit. 6-8 months ago he was asking me if he was qualified to enlist in the military if he'd ever been in a mental institution. He wanted to know if he'd still be able to get a security clearance.

I haven't been on bb.com in a few days so I wasn't there when this shit went down. I'm sure a few of them egged him on (most probably thought he was joking, but other probably didn't care either way). This seems kind of surreal to me.

RIP

woooooooow forreal?


and NONE OF YALL BETTER NOT PULL NO BULL LIKE THAT!!

[Cali'sFinest23]

I remember dude too I used to be on bodybuilding.com RIP people like this need help that why it's always good to have a strong foundation in your life.

[sLam]

woooooooow forreal?


and NONE OF YALL BETTER NOT PULL NO BULL LIKE THAT!!

Yeah, I wouldn't joke about this. In fact, the only reason I wasn't there is because I was on this forum entertaining myself by messing with Queeny & Icey. I had no idea he was over there making suicide threats again.

This really is a case of a boy who cried wolf too many times. His webcast broadcast was his final cry for help but nobody realized it wasn't a joke until it was too late.

[®eese]

Yeah, I wouldn't joke about this. In fact, the only reason I wasn't there is because I was on this forum entertaining myself by messing with Queeny & Icey. I had no idea he was over there making suicide threats again.

This really is a case of a boy who cried wolf too many times. His webcast broadcast was his final cry for help but nobody realized it wasn't a joke until it was too late.
yea. i saw that video too,i decided not to post that in here cuz it was sad is hell. basically the cops was poking at him to see if he was alive or not.

[toa]

I read some of his suicide note and the despair he felt hit me pretty hard. It's really sad.

And sorry, I still don't see how people egg on somebody saying they are going to kill themselves. But I'm not looking to pass judgment. Just saying.

[sLam]

I read some of his suicide note and the despair he felt hit me pretty hard. It's really sad.

And sorry, I still don't see how people egg on somebody saying they are going to kill themselves. But I'm not looking to pass judgment. Just saying.

He didn't write that suicide note. He found it on the net then copy and pasted it. I think that note was originally written by a girl named Nikki.

[rell]

yea. i saw that video too,i decided not to post that in here cuz it was sad is hell. basically the cops was poking at him to see if he was alive or not.

yea seein that vid would mess me up! i cant imagine how deep the other members hearts dropped when they realized he died forreal

[Icey]

NONE OF YALL BETTER NOT PULL NO BULL LIKE THAT!!


ammmmmen!

[Juss]

I Hate Suicide...

It Leaves Me Feeling Helpless Even If I Don't Know The Person That Did It

Suicide Is The Worst Thing You Could Do To Your Family And Friends, Let Alone Yourself, In My Opinion

It's Highly Selfish And Leaves People Blaming Themselves... It's Like The Ultimate "FUKK YOU" To Your Loved Ones

[LukeKage]

I Hate Suicide...

It Leaves Me Feeling Helpless Even If I Don't Know The Person That Did It

Suicide Is The Worst Thing You Could Do To Your Family And Friends, Let Alone Yourself, In My Opinion

It's Highly Selfish And Leaves People Blaming Themselves... It's Like The Ultimate "FUKK YOU" To Your Loved Ones

:nod: it could never be an option for me because i love the people around me too much to do that. If one of my loved ones ever did that I would never be able to recover. No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always someone else out there doing worse than you.

[coyoteblack]

What have we become.....

I feel for his family... have peace young man, have peace......

[Queeny]

Yeah, I wouldn't joke about this. In fact, the only reason I wasn't there is because I was on this forum entertaining myself by messing with Queeny & Icey. I had no idea he was over there making suicide threats again.

This really is a case of a boy who cried wolf too many times. His webcast broadcast was his final cry for help but nobody realized it wasn't a joke until it was too late.

stop messing with me :(

what if im next? you'll feel bad and it will ALL be your fault!

just kidding.

This is honestly the SADDEST thing i've heard in the longest time. One of the main things we learned wher suicide is concerned (in my social work class) is to NEVER, no matter what or where, ignore someone who is threatening to kill themselves, as you can NEVER know when they are serious or what may push them over the edge & it's SUCH a shame that there were people on the forum URGING him to do it. I mean... that's just so sad. So so sad and I feel bad for his friends and family because GOD knows if theyll ever be able to recover, especially if they watch the video. It's such a shame.

[coyoteblack]

I Hate Suicide...

It Leaves Me Feeling Helpless Even If I Don't Know The Person That Did It

Suicide Is The Worst Thing You Could Do To Your Family And Friends, Let Alone Yourself, In My Opinion

It's Highly Selfish And Leaves People Blaming Themselves... It's Like The Ultimate "FUKK YOU" To Your Loved Ones

That's what he wanted to say and he did... I have tried suicide before because of my health (I know that's no excuse) the medical bills my family took on themselves left me feeling guilty and helpless and the only power that i had was the ability to choose between life or death...

You would have to be there in your life to understand... I live in pain everyday, I live watching my family growing up watching me suffer day by day. Now I live watching my wife pick up the slack and carry these burdens on her shoulders( which saddens me to depths you would not know)..

What bothers me the most is knowing you have a certain family member (father) who is richer than any of you could guess, who doesn't care(plus I don't ask him for a dime or would in this or any life)...


I know how it feels I have been their a few times in my life and the only thing that sustains me is GOD , my wife and my family willing to bare the brunt of my pain(even at the times I don't deserve it)...

[Juss]

Not Saying That I Know Your Situation Because I Don't But Do You Think Suicide Would Be The Proper Way To Tell The Wife Thanks For Doing All That Work To Keep The Fam Together?

The Best Way To Ease The Pain Your Family Is Going Through Would Be To Survive And Make The Best Out Of Every Situation...

Just My Opinion

I Have An Older Cousin Who Has Been In A WheelChair Since I Was 3

I've Been Taking Care Of Him Playing Dad, Best Friend, Big Brother, And Every Other Role I Could For As Long As I Can Remember...

I've Had To Sacrifice A Lot For Him Due To His Situation But It Is My Pleasure To Do It

If He Decides That He Thinks His Being Alive Is Too Much For Me And Commits Suicide (Hypothetically Speaking) Without Telling Me Anything I Would Be More Mad Than Sad At His Funeral...

I Would Be Completely Pissed Off That He Would Do That To Me... All I Want Him To Do Is Keep On Smiling And Living Until The Lord Decides It's His Time To Go

And Until That Time I Will Gladly Continue To Sacrifice All That I Must In Order To Keep Him Around And Comfortable

If Someone Loves You I'm Sure They Feel The Same

That's Why Suicide Is The Worst In My Opinion

[coyoteblack]

I understand somewhat of what you are saying, it's just I know my family love me and does not see me as a burden but it's is the perception that a person feels less in value.. That feeling in some ways are hard to fight.

There are people worse off than I am, I realize that even in my discomfort, I find small ways that I can help them which gives my life some meaning.

I have a beautiful wife, a handsome and smart son with a equal beautiful and smart daughter in-law and a crazy family I due love with all my heart.
These things I have, I focus on and by keeping my faith strong I live, not endure but live because God has Blessed me with so much that I truly don't worry about what I don't have anymore and thankful for things I do.....

[FuriouStylez]

im surprised so many people are displaying sympathy for this clown...

i GUARENTEE you this dude didnt want to kill himself...

he was simply doin that shit for attention, as this wasnt the first time...

well he fucked around and did the dummy and now hes getting all the attention he wanted....

atleast he wasnt one of those fuckers who goes off shooting other people and then 1'n himself...

i commend him for that.

[®eese]

im surprised so many people are displaying sympathy for this clown...

i GUARENTEE you this dude didnt want to kill himself...

he was simply doin that shit for attention, as this wasnt the first time...

well he fucked around and did the dummy and now hes getting all the attention he wanted....

atleast he wasnt one of those fuckers who goes off shooting other people and then 1'n himself...

i commend him for that.

thats the biggest price to pay for attention.....:confused::

[FuriouStylez]

thats the biggest price to pay for attention.....:confused::

well the goofy nig shouldnt have swallowed the pills...

how are muthafuckas gonna "egg" you on to commit suicide? SUICIDE I SAY!

talkin about i dont think u swallowed enough pills...so dude swallowed some more...

that dude deserves no sympathy at all...

thats like somebody tryin to pressure you into playin russian roulette...and u bite the bullet...

im supposed to be sad for that?

[coyoteblack]

well the goofy nig shouldnt have swallowed the pills...

how are muthafuckas gonna "egg" you on to commit suicide? SUICIDE I SAY!

talkin about i dont think u swallowed enough pills...so dude swallowed some more...

that dude deserves no sympathy at all...

thats like somebody tryin to pressure you into playin russian roulette...and u bite the bullet...

im supposed to be sad for that?
Have you ever seen a man ready to die... Yes he may have wanted attention that's the point he needed attention..

Someone to say, hey can we just talk for a little bit longer and maybe this cat could have had a day to realize he could have had better future ...

I seen fools cry like babies when they realize they were dying crying for their mothers but I have seen some just smile as they just wanted the pain to cease...

I see these cats everyday when I go to hospital for treatments, I look them in their eyes and know their pain and many times its not the ones who are sick but the ones who have their whole life to live....

Walk in their shoes, I don't judge because I am far from being GOD, plus I really wouldn't want the job ... I would just fire everyone....

So yeah I feel sad, I feel empathy, I feel anger in what he has done but I Do feel....

[FuriouStylez]

Have you ever seen a man ready to die... Yes he may have wanted attention that's the point he needed attention..

Someone to say, hey can we just talk for a little bit longer and maybe this cat could have had a day to realize he could have had better future ...

I seen fools cry like babies when they realize they were dying crying for their mothers but I have seen some just smile as they just wanted the pain to cease...

I see these cats everyday when I go to hospital for treatments, I look them in their eyes and know their pain and many times its not the ones who are sick but the ones who have their whole life to live....

Walk in their shoes, I don't judge because I am far from being GOD, plus I really wouldn't want the job ... I would just fire everyone....

So yeah I feel sad, I feel empathy, I feel anger in what he has done but I Do feel....

yea i feel it because i too have been clinically diagnosed "depressed" with a chemical imbalance...

but not once did i want to show or display my sadness for some goofy muthafuckas on the internet...let alone real life people...i was still the same joke crackin, shit talkin nig i was in public and dealt with my problems when i got home...

and u know what the fuck i did?

i manned up and realized the weight of the world wasnt on my shoulders and feeling sorry for myself wasnt gonna get me shit...

like i said, that wasnt the first time dude has done that...and allowing people to chant you on into suicide aint got shit to do with depression or whatever...thats total and complete stupidity...

thats the same as u walkin to the edge of the building and the people down on the ground are screaming JUMP JUMP JUMP!

are u gonna jump because theyre telling u to? or because u really want to die?

because if you really wanted to die, you sure in the fuck wouldnt seek out an audience...you would 1'n yourself in your private comfort zone...

[coyoteblack]

yea i feel it because i too have been clinically diagnosed "depressed" with a chemical imbalance...

but not once did i want to show or display my sadness for some goofy muthafuckas on the internet...let alone real life people...i was still the same joke crackin, shit talkin nig i was in public and dealt with my problems when i got home...

and u know what the fuck i did?

i manned up and realized the weight of the world wasnt on my shoulders and feeling sorry for myself wasnt gonna get me shit...

like i said, that wasnt the first time dude has done that...and allowing people to chant you on into suicide aint got shit to do with depression or whatever...thats total and complete stupidity...

thats the same as u walkin to the edge of the building and the people down on the ground are screaming JUMP JUMP JUMP!

are u gonna jump because theyre telling u to? or because u really want to die?

because if you really wanted to die, you sure in the fuck wouldnt seek out an audience...you would 1'n yourself in your private comfort zone...
Yet again that's the point he wanted attention, he wanted to give what the people wanted..... There lays the problem what the people wanted .. who is the sick one here, the people screaming for blood are the one who wanted to just make people remember him.....

He lives by giving people something to truly remember him by, its not about manning up it's about being a human being... Yes we all have problems but yet we are all not the same....

Some people do great things to be remembered, some have things thrust upon them to make you remember, others do horrible things to be remembered, the rest do things to themselves which say you will never forget I was here......

He was young yet he still had a life that had touched others, wither he was good or bad he still had a life that he shared with others... He left them here to deal with this mess, every year that passes, his mother will die a little each day in remembrance of her son, His father will always ask what could he have done... his family & friends will hate him, mourn him but deep inside them they will always love him...

Me I will forget over time, not even remember his name maybe bring it up in some off topic but for others he will never be forgotten....

He manned up alright he was man enough to do the job but childish and selfish by leaving a mess behind for others to be burden with.......

[coyoteblack]

I learned along time ago to accept death, you must truly live a life that is to be finished...

to love, to laugh, to cry, to dance, to smell, to touch, to hold, to remember and forget...

I love my pain, I relish my suffering, I shed my tears but I embrace life each day with laughter and joy till the day comes I will wake no more....

I will have no regrets, even if you don't remember me.....

[FuriouStylez]

mannnnnnnnnnnn...

shut the fuck up.

[FuriouStylez]

first of all...

the people didnt log on to watchmecommitsuicide.com...it was a regular chat...they didnt come "lookin for blood", that goofy came lookin for an audience to pay attention to his stupidity...

second of all. no way, no how is killing yourself "manning up"...fuck. outta. here.

so this goofy nicca loggs on to the internet, commits suicide, probably unintentionally...and now hes a martyr?

you sir, have a fucked up perception of what life is about.

every person in the world, at some point and time, rich, poor, depressed, happy...has had a reason to not want to live anymore.

u dont think kanye wanted to off hisself after his moms died out the blue? u dont think diddy wanted to 1 himself after biggie died in front of him? u dont think mc hammer wanted to die after he fucked off $300 mill?

if u want understanding and attention, go talk to somebody. if that doesnt work talk to somebody else...

but to sit on webcam playin with how many pills you can swallow before u kill yourself?

fuck that *****. no sympathy from me.

[sLam]

first of all...

the people didnt log on to watchmecommitsuicide.com...it was a regular chat...they didnt come "lookin for blood", that goofy came lookin for an audience to pay attention to his stupidity...

second of all. no way, no how is killing yourself "manning up"...fuck. outta. here.

so this goofy nicca loggs on to the internet, commits suicide, probably unintentionally...and now hes a martyr?

you sir, have a fucked up perception of what life is about.

every person in the world, at some point and time, rich, poor, depressed, happy...has had a reason to not want to live anymore.

u dont think kanye wanted to off hisself after his moms died out the blue? u dont think diddy wanted to 1 himself after biggie died in front of him? u dont think mc hammer wanted to die after he fucked off $300 mill?

if u want understanding and attention, go talk to somebody. if that doesnt work talk to somebody else...

but to sit on webcam playin with how many pills you can swallow before u kill yourself?

fuck that *****. no sympathy from me.

He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The pills he used to kill himself were for his disorder.

When I learned he was bipolar it made it clear to me why he posted the way he did. He would make crazy "doomsday" post then a few days later he'd laugh, joke, and act different.

Also the "misc" subforum on bb.com has a lot of members. Because there are so many members there is a lot of competing for attention. A lot of members posted crazy "I'm going kill myself" or "I'm going to kill my girl" shit just for attention. I seriously doubt that most of the people that egged him on really thought he was harming himself. By the time they did realize something was wrong, it was way too late. Can't blame them for that, CJ brought that on himself because he made too many false threats in the past.

[coyoteblack]

I never said killing himself was manning up.... In his minds eye he manned up but in passing I called him childish and selfish.. Like I said before, everyone is different one persons tragedy is another one's end... You don't have to accept that but by being angry makes you acknowledge something if not for him but for his family......

R.I.P

It's hard to be a cold a** brother... And the only thing colder is truth......
nice update slam and understanding..

[FuriouStylez]

u think slam is solidifying your post or mine?

[coyoteblack]

How ever you want to take it... I always see both sides to any argument and you both have valid points......

[LukeKage]

mannnnnnnnnnnn...

shut the fuck up.

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: