Tuesday, 4. February 2003

Net grief for online suicide


Condolences have been pouring into a website set up in tribute to a young man who died online.

Brandon Vedas, a 21-year-old computer expert from Arizona, USA, killed himself with a lethal dose of prescription drugs in January while chatting to online buddies.

In a macabre twist to the story, a transcript of his final hours found by his family a week after his death shows that his online friends egged him on to take more and more drugs.

¬> BBC

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