German authorities arrested a man accused of contributing to the suicide of a 14-year-old girl in Indiana whom he met online
German police arrested an 18-year-old man in Hamburg on Thursday after an FBI tip, in connection with the death by suicide of a 14-year-old girl from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hamburg prosecutors accuse him of influencing her through Discord to harm herself while he was 17. NBC Chicago, citing NDR, reported he later sought recordings of her suicide and threatened people close to her.
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A Thursday arrest in Hamburg brought an 18-year-old German man into an investigation into the suicide of a 14-year-old Fort Wayne, Indiana, girl. The arrest followed an FBI tip, and prosecutors accuse the man of being the indirect perpetrator of murder and grievous bodily harm. Hamburg prosecutors say he was 17 when he allegedly influenced the girl through Discord. They described her as psychologically fragile and said he pressured her to cut herself, write “NMK” on a wall in her blood and send him videos. The girl hanged herself in her bedroom a few days later, prosecutors said. They linked the suspect to the group Nefarious Maniac Kult, part of a network known as 764 or COM. NBC Chicago, citing NDR, reported that after her death he allegedly tried to obtain recordings of it and threatened people close to her.
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