The family of the deceased 15-year-old Isaiah Gonzalez from Texas believes that the reason suicide has become an Internet game «the Blue whale», which ultimately makes children to commit suicide.
According to the father of Isaiah, the curators of the game forced the boy to cut his hands and send photos with completed assignments to your friends. During the game children are threatened with reprisals against family or disclosing secret information, forcing teenagers to kill themselves.
At the end of the challenge 15-year-old Isaiah Gonzalez hanged himself in his bedroom, broadcasting death on the social network. Family members say that the boy would not have dared such an act. They didn’t notice any change in the character and behaviour of Isaiah in the last few months.
Another case of suicide of the American teenager at the beginning of July is also associated with the online game. 16-year-old girl from Atlanta killed himself playing «Blue whale». According to the mother, the daughter was a cheerful girl and loved to draw.
The police and the FBI does not confirm the version about the connection of these cases with the online game. Available information based on the testimonies of parents of adolescents.
Information on «Blue whale», the game which is associated with the mass suicides of children, has long appeared in the media. It is believed that it began online testing in Russia. In may 2017, arrested two suspects, 21-year-old Philip Budykina and 26-year-old Ilya Sidorov, accused of bringing a 16-year-olds to suicide. In the U.S. reports of «Blue whale» appeared in the spring of this year. In some schools parents warned that such a danger exists.
Baby suicide is a serious problem. According to APA, suicide ranks second in the list of causes of death for American teenagers 15 to 24 years. Psychiatrists believe that the media, associating the suicide with a specific event and a provocation, overlooked the obvious fact — that the suicide of a child is a combination of circumstances and reasons, among which an important role plays the stress, teen depression, abuse of stimulating substances and mental disorders.
District Communication to Parents/Guardians of Parkrose Students regarding “The Blue Whale Challenge”http://www.sprc.org/
Posted by Parkrose School District on Tuesday, June 6, 2017
