http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.as...821&ocid=todayA suicidal teenager from Oxford has been saved after a friend on the Facebook website living in America alerted police.
The 16-year-old boy had sent a private message to the girl in Maryland stating that he was going to kill himself.
The friend alerted her mother who contacted local police in America who, through the British Embassy in Washington DC, then raised the alarm with the Metropolitan Police. The Met then contacted Thames Valley Police in the early hours of Thursday.
Police staff searched electoral roll websites and found eight potential addresses for the teenager and dispatched officers to each one.
The boy was found alive but suffering from a drugs overdose and was taken by ambulance to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where he made a full recovery.
Oxfordshire police commander chief superintendent Brendan O'Dowda told the Oxford Mail newspaper: "When it did find its way to Thames Valley Police, it would have been quite easy for any number of people to decide there wasn't enough information.
"But due to the tenacity and professionalism of a number of people, we managed to pin down a number of addresses, then went through the painful and laborious process of visiting the addresses to find the lad.
"It took up time and effort but it was time and effort absolutely well spent."
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05-04-2009, 04:28 PM #1
Facebook message saves suicidal boy
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Wow, I think that's really good ='] that someone's life can be saved through something like facebook.
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05-04-2009, 04:44 PM #3
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Haha I really like this news story it's rather amazing I thought. Just rather interesting that someone could ring the police in the US because of something that's happened on Facebook and it then goes through the Whitehouse to save someones life in the UK. It amazes me the mother took her daughter seriously nevermind the Police on both sides of the pond. And a happy ending too
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Originally Posted by Melsia
Yes but who knows he wont try it again
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Good story but so much bloody effort if we reported every so called 'suicide threat' on Facebook, a lot of them would be a hoax.
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Thats actually good, i'm glad that the girl told her mom and she called the police.
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Good that his life was saved at least!
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Pro tip: if you're attempting suicide don't tell no one.
That's why we seize the moment, try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it cause we consider these minutes golden.
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Should've left him. If he wants to kill himself then let him. Idiot.
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It'll be turned into an advert about Facebook before you know it. Originally Posted by Jordan:A
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