MARQUETTE, Mich. — (MARQUETTE, Mich.) -- The parents of a teenager who died by suicide are urging others to have 'tough' conversations about sextortion scams -- saying that frank communication could save other teenagers' lives.
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMARQUETTE, Mich. — -- The parents of a teenager who died by suicide are urging others to have"tough" conversations about sextortion scams -- saying that frank communication could save other teenagers' lives.
Buda said she"can't imagine" what was going through her son's head that night because of the"senseless act" against her son. "This was a multifaceted investigation that involves identifying dozens of victims following the digital breadcrumbs left behind by the sextortion is on the internet," Jim Tarasca, the FBI special agent in charge of the Detroit field office, said.
Over the past year, law enforcement agencies have received over 7,000 reports related to the online sextortion of minors -- resulting in at least 3,000 victims, primarily boys, according to the FBI. More than a dozen sextortion victims were reported to have died by suicide, according to the Department of Justice.
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