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Bryce Tate, 15, was found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot in his Cross Lanes, W. Va., on Nov. 6

Days after his death, Tate's family shared that he was the victim of a sextortion scheme in the hours before his death

“I consider it to be the murder of my innocent son," Bryce's grieving father, Adam Tate, said

A 15-year-old boy was found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after his family says he received a strange text message from an unknown number.

Bryce Tate, a high school sophomore, was found deceased in his Cross Lanes, W. Va., at 7:10 p.m. on Nov. 6, Kanawha County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) said in a Nov. 21 news release . The KCSO's Digital Forensic Lab then began investigating his death and found that at 4:37 p.m. that day, “he was targeted in an online s

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