'They killed our son': Online scammers tearing families apart as sextortion cases soar | ITV News
When Murray Dowey left his parents watching television downstairs to go up to his bedroom he was a happy sixteen-year-old boy.
Just hours later, Murray had taken his own life, having become the latest victim of a surge of sextortion cases in the UK.
Murray, 16, from Dunblane was contacted on social media by someone claiming to be a young girl but was actually a scammer, who tricked him into sending an intimate image and then blackmailed him with it.
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Just hours later, Murray had taken his own life, having become the latest victim of a surge of sextortion cases in the UK.
Murray, 16, from Dunblane was contacted on social media by someone claiming to be a young girl but was actually a scammer, who tricked him into sending an intimate image and then blackmailed him with it.
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