On-line suicide problem could possibly be linked to boy’s dying

An 11-year-old Italian boy died by suicide this week and police are involved his dying is linked to a macabre new “sport” sweeping social media referred to as the “Jonathan Galindo problem” — a potential revival of 2017’s blue whale problem, studies stated Friday.

The boy jumped off his Naples balcony round 1 a.m. on Tuesday after penning a disturbing message on his pill that learn: “I like you mother and pop. Now I’ve to comply with the person within the black hood. I’ve no extra time. Forgive me,” information.com.au and Italian information wire ANSA reported.

The kid was reportedly joyful, wholesome, well-adjusted and performed sports activities, ANSA stated.

Cops at the moment are probing whether or not “the person within the black hood” is a reference to an internet character referred to as Jonathan Galindo who asks youngsters to do a set of horror-themed duties that culminates in a requirement they kill themselves, the shops reported.

The character, described as a cross between a human and a canine — with a spherical black nostril, a creepy, toothy grin and lengthy darkish ears — was really created by particular results producer Samuel Canini again in 2012, information.com.au reported.

The artist claims to don’t have any ties to the horror problem and stated the character was created for his “personal bizarre amusement, not for some modern-day thrillseeker seeking to scare and bully folks,” an account ostensibly belonging to Canini wrote on Twitter in July.

Galindo, who just isn’t an actual particular person, targets children on-line and asks them to finish a set of ever-increasing dares, beginning with banal requests like “watch a scary movie” to extra violent duties like self-harm and suicide, the outlet reported.

It’s disturbingly much like the blue whale problem, believed to have originated in Russia in 2016, earlier than spreading to different nations together with the US. As part of the “problem,” children have been requested to finish 50 duties over 50 days with the ultimate request being a requirement for his or her suicide.

In 2017, a Texas household claimed their son’s suicide was associated to the blue whale problem after their 15-year-old was discovered hanging in his closet along with his cellphone propped up on a shoe, broadcasting the dying.

Not less than 130 suicides across the globe have been linked to the blue whale problem, information.com.au reported.

One other comparable problem emerged in 2018 referred to as the Momo problem, which got here from accounts depicting a picture of a creepy younger girl with stringy black hair, matchstick legs and eyes bulging from their sockets.

The Momo problem included violent photographs despatched to youngsters, threats of being cursed if the child didn’t adhere to Momo’s orders and ultimately, a requirement they kill themselves.