Kevin Neil Whitrick or (August 17, 1964 - March 21, 2007) was a British citizen and an electrical engineer. Whitrick's death was highly publicized for his live, online webcasted suicide.
At the time of his death, he was married to his wife Paula, and had 12-year-old twins, one male and one female, but lived apart from his family after the breakdown of his marriage two years previously.
On the day of his death, Kevin Whitrick was in a chatroom on ...
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Kevin Neil Whitrick or (August 17, 1964 - March 21, 2007) was a British citizen and an electrical engineer. Whitrick's death was highly publicized for his live, online webcasted suicide.
At the time of his death, he was married to his wife Paula, and had 12-year-old twins, one male and one female, but lived apart from his family after the breakdown of his marriage two years previously.
On the day of his death, Kevin Whitrick was in a chatroom on PalTalk and was joined by about 60 other users in a special "insult" chatroom where people "have a go at each other". He punched a hole in his ceiling and placed a rope around a joist and around his neck, then stepped off a chair. Some people thought this was a prank, until his face started turning blue. Some people in the chat room egged him on while others tried desperately to find his address. A member in the room contacted the police, who arrived at the scene two minutes later. Kevin Whitrick was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m. GMT.
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