A 14-year-old boy’s mother claims her son took his own life after falling victim to a ‘sextortion’ scam.
On June 10, Caleb Moore from El Dorado, Kansas, initiated a conversation with someone he believed to be a ’14-year-old girl’ on TikTok, which later transitioned to Snapchat. Caleb’s mother, Morgan, reports that the individual then allegedly sent him compromising images and, in return, he shared photos of himself.
Afterward, the person began to threaten Caleb, demanding substantial sums of money or they would release the images. Morgan noted that they made him feel like his life was over due to the mistake he had made, leading Caleb to tragically take his own life with a gun in their home.