His grieving aunt speaking out to 20 20. How do you even wrap your mind around that . He was a kid. He was ours. He was our kid. The private video diaries. I feel, whats the word recorded just weeks before his death. Im definitely wired from everyone else, like theres something wrong with me. Her secret cell phone Text Messages, goading him on. Okay, so you want to kill yourself . When are you going to do it . That doesnt make her behavior okay or good. But the question is, is it criminal . You said you dont want to take your life. You dont want to. She said this to him for two years. Until she eventually says do it. Can words kill . Good evening. Welcome to 20 20 saturday. Im elizabeth vargas. And im david muir. This question tonight can words kill . That was the question at the heart of a courtroom drama that captivated the country in the socalled suicide texter case. Two sets of parents stunned as they saw what their kids were doing and saying on their cell phones. All culminating i
When are you going to do it. That doesnt make her behavior okay or good. But the question is, is it criminal . You said you dont want to take your life. She said this to him for two years. Until she eventually says do it. Can words kill . Good evening. And welcome to 20 20 saturday. Im elizabeth vargas. And im david muir. This question tonight, can words kill . That was the question at the heart of a courtroom drama that captivated parents across the country. Two set of parents stunned as they saw what their kids were doing and saying on their cell phones. All culminates in a groundbreaking conviction. Saying that Text Messages and phone calls can lead to suicide. But was that the motive . Deborah roberts has that story with a very modern twist. Reporter buzzards bay, on the south coast of massachusetts. Good sailing weather. The striped bass are biting. And in mattapoisett, the views from the historic light at neds point, built to guide whaling ships to safe harbor, are as spectacular