14-year-old boy died after being “sextorted” by ‘girl’ online
Even so, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to be in all places at once. Children and young teens can be susceptible to dangerous viral trends, not to mention fraudsters and scam artists.
The mother of Caleb Morgan knows this only too well.
As per the Daily Mail, Caleb’s mother, Morgan, alleges the other person sent compromising images of ‘herself’ to Caleb, who then sent pictures of himself in return.
Things then took a turn for the ominous, with the “girl” in question demanding that Caleb send large amounts of cash in exchange for not leaking his photos. According to Morgan, the stranger “made him feel like his life was over as he had made this mistake”.
Caleb took his own life by shooting himself with a gun at his family home.
The teenager’s father called his mother to deliver the heartbreaking news.
“When I got there Caleb was still alive and breathing but they were unable to resuscitate him so they stopped trying as nothing was working,” Morgan recalled.
“He passed away in the house and it was very difficult because I wanted to be with him but they wouldn’t let me go inside as they didn’t want me to see anything.
“I was hysterical and screaming and begging them to not give up on my boy and let me go to him. I was inconsolable.”
The motive behind Caleb dying by suicide was initially a mystery for his grieving parents, until the El Dorado Police Department went through his phone and discovered the conversations. Continue reading…
