Asiajin.com reports that a 24-year old woman who goes by the screenname _mextli attempted suicide today by jumping off the balcony of her fourth floor apartment — all in plain view of her live videostream. The attempt was supposedly broadcast on Stickam Japan, although _mextli's profile appears to have been removed. The incident, though, was widely discussed on 2channel.
In the past, people have used livecasts to fake suicide attempts for attention — not just in Japan. No news yet as to whether _mextli's rumored suicide attempt was real or not.
Interesting... here is her profile from stickam via google cache:
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:zzeRWdEjI5AJ:www.stickam.jp/profile/_mextli+mextli+stickam&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
And another site had some alleged webcam footage of the police investigation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEmoMj8U2nE&feature=player_embedded
(from here: http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/11/28/24-yo-woman-broadcasts-her-death-leap/ )
Posted by: alexanderpink | November 29, 2009 at 02:29 AM