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Published: November 21, 2008
Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
By RASHA MADKOUR / Associated Press Writer
MIAMI (AP) - A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke.

Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs ' home — a scene also captured on the Internet — it was too late.

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