Kevin Whitrick

Kevin Whitrick was a 42-year-old man from Telford, Shropshire, England, who committed "cyber-suicide," hanging himself in March 2007 in front of a live webcamera, after being goaded to do so in an 'insult' chatroom. This is London: Chatroom users 'egged on father to kill himself live on webcam' (March 24, 2007)

At the time of the death, there were about 50 people in the PalTalk chatroom who watched as Whitrick turned his web camera on and then hanged himself.Times Online: Police hunt chatroom users over web suicide ‘goading’ (March 25, 2007)

Friends reported that Whitrick had been suffering depression over the break-up of his marriage, the death of his father and a July 2006 car wreck that had injured him badly. This is London: Chatroom users 'egged on father to kill himself live on webcam' (March 24, 2007)

On March 21, 2007, Whitrick logged onto the website PalTalk and joined a special chatroom where people go to insult one another. He told people in the chatroom that he was planning on killing himself. Some of the chatters goaded him on while others attempted to talk him out of it. After he hung himself on camera, chatters in the room said they didn't believe the suicide was real. Police arrived at his flat too late to save him.This is London: Chatroom users 'egged on father to kill himself live on webcam' (March 24, 2007)