Teenager Abraham K. Biggs Commits Suicide on Live Webcam

Some Encouraged and Taunted as Teenager Went to Sleep

He said he would do it. And he did. Abraham K. Biggs, a 19-year-old Florida bodybuilder, took some sleeping pills on live webcam, lay down and went to sleep. Just like he said he would.

But the teenager never intended to wake up. And he didn't.

While others watched. And others turned away. And still others encouraged and taunted him. 

Abraham K. Biggs, known online as "CandyJunkie" and "Mr. Biggs," told fellow users in an online bodybuilding forum on Justin.tv - a lifecasting website, where users share via webcam their everyday lives - that he would be committing suicide and invited them to tune in.

Some users saw Biggs take what looked like sleeping pills, lay down on his bed with his back to the camera, and stop moving. After a few hours, some worried that he may have actually went through with his threat because of the stillness of his body. Authorities were notified and police entered the room -- live on webcam. After checking for a pulse, they covered the webcam.

Abraham K. Biggs has been reportedly pronounced dead by a Broward Country medical examiner.

Biggs posted on MySpace that he was going to commit suicide three days before he actually went through with it. A post from a week before related how he had closed a chapter in his life and was apologetic to friends for his recent behavior.

It is alleged that some users have deleted their posts from the forum. In light of the ongoing court case involving the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier as a result of alleged cyberbullying from neighbor Lori Drew, users fear that they may in some way be held responsible are well grounded.

Testimony in the Meier case began Wednesday (November 19) in Los Angeles, although the suicide took place in Missouri. The alleged bullying took place on MySpace, where 49-year-old Lori Drew created the MySpace account of "Josh Evans" to allegedly ridicule and harass teenager Megan Meier. MySpace's corporate offices are located in Los Angeles.