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Police Probe Possible Online Influence in 9-Year-Old’s Nochebuena Suicide in Sagunto

Investigators are focused on the child's digital activity to assess possible inducement after forensic examiners concluded suicide.

Overview

  • The National Police child-protection unit (GRUME) is leading the case, with homicide and accidental death ruled out following the autopsy in Valencia.
  • Digital forensics target the child's smartphone, open Instagram and TikTok profiles, and a Fortnite account, with the phone data extraction still pending.
  • Authorities say school bullying is considered unlikely, as the child's school has provided no report pointing to harassment.
  • The death occurred at the father's home during Nochebuena; relatives later found the child missing from his room and, according to local reports, in an interior patio after a fall from a seventh-floor window.
  • Officials note such cases are extraordinarily rare for under-10s in Spain, even as suicides among people under 25 rose to 210 in 2024.