14-year-old boy died after being “sextorted” by ‘girl’ online
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.
“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.
Morgan revealed: “That is when they had gone through his TikTok messages and showed me the progression. It had stolen my boy’s happiness and hope in a 35-minute span.”
Caleb, his mother said, had even “sent a photo of the gun” in a desperate bid to put an end to the extortion.
As per the FBI website, a “sextortion” scam involves the blackmailing of a victim with sexually explicit images in order to receive money.
“In some cases, the first contact from the criminal will be a threat. The person may claim to already have a revealing picture or video of a child that will be shared if the victim does not send more pictures,” according to information on the site.
