Teen Reportedly Paid Hackers To Prevent Nude Photo Leak Hours Before Dying By Suicide
01.04.2022 - 05:29
/ perezhilton.com
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A teenager in Michigan is dead, and while the manner is suicide, the cause is far more complex.
Jordan John DeMay was a 17-year-old high school student in Marquette, Michigan when he died by suicide earlier this month. In their investigation cops quickly discovered an alleged blackmail incident over a nude photo that had been sent via a phony Twitter account.
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The trouble began when DeMay was tricked into sending a nude pic by an anonymous person posing as an attractive young woman on the social media app, police say. First, the woman sent him a nude photo supposedly of herself, and when DeMay apparently responded with his own, the conversation quickly turned. Investigators say the blackmailers began demanding extortion money to prevent them from sending the photo out to the teenager’s family and friends across other social media channels.
Sheriff Greg Zyburt of the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office spoke to The Sun about the awful tragedy, explaining:
The hackers first wanted $1,000 from DeMay, says the Sheriff, and threatened to release his nude photo to the world if he didn’t send it. He quickly paid them $300, but when he explained that was all he was able to afford, the criminals became increasingly demanding.
Zyburt says the tense conversation quickly turned to talk of suicide, at which point the blackmailers heartlessly reacted:
OMG…
Per police, DeMay did indeed die by suicide that night — just six hours after first contact with the blackmailers was made on Twitter. Police initially began investigating his tragic death as a suicide without understanding the context of the