12-year-old girl in Georgia live streamed her own suicide on Facebook
The horrific video ends with Davis hanging from a tree in front of her home. The entire clip is 42 minutes long. It was posted under her user name ITZ Dolly. The first 21 minutes show Davis setting up her suicide and talking about her life. At 21:24, Davis tells the world, “Goodbye.” She then proceeds to hang herself by removing the bucket she had been standing on. Less than ten minutes later, voices can be heard calling out to Davis.
Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd asked the public to stop sharing the video online. Speaking to Fox Atlanta, Dodd said, “We want it down as much as anyone for the family and it may be harmful to other kids. We contacted some of the sites. They asked if they had to take it down and by law they don’t. But it’s just the common decent thing to do in my opinion.”
Chief Dodd also said that it was a cop from California who happened to see the streaming who first contacted Polk County authorities. The chief added that his department has been fielding calls from as far away as the United Kingdom regarding the removal of the video.