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    Mom says 11-year-old killed himself after cruel "social media prank"

    •April 6, 2017
    Mom says 11-year-old killed himself after cruel "social media prank"

    A mother is speaking out about the tragic death of her 11-year-old son, who, she says, decided to end his own life as a result of a cruel “social media prank.” The boy, Tysen Benz of Marquette, Michigan, died Tuesday at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor after spending three weeks on life support following a suicide attempt on March 14.  His mom, Katrina Goss, told CBS News on Thursday that her son was “manipulated” and “pranked” by a 13-year-old girl, who is not being identified because she's a minor. “She told him she was going to kill herself and used other friends' social media accounts to put forth further fake proof that she did so,” Goss claims. “He even said he was going

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