In October 2012, we posted a story about Amanda Todd. She was 15-years old at the time she committed suicide after being stalked and blackmailed into exposing herself on webcam by someone she had never met.
Amanda Todd
This horror story began when Amanda was in the seventh grade. She went into an online chat room and made the mistake of giving into a guy's request to expose her breasts on webcam. Fast forward a year later and the man somehow tracked her down on Facebook. He knew where she lived, her relatives names and what school she attended. He told her if she didn't continue to expose herself he would send photos of her breasts to everyone she knew.
Amanda did as she was told, but her stalker sent compromising photos to everyone she knew anyway. After being bullied by schoolmates, attempting suicide and changing schools, Amanda made a video using note cards to describe her ordeal.
I'm struggling to stay in this world, because everything just touches me so deeply. I'm not doing this for attention. I'm doing this to be an inspiration and to show that I can be strong. I did things to myself to make pain go away, because I'd rather hurt myself then someone else. Haters are haters but please don't hate, although im sure I'll get them. I hope I can show you guys that everyone has a story, and everyones future will be bright one day, you just gotta pull through. I'm still here aren't I ?
-AmandaTodd
The video was uploaded on September 7, 2012. On October 10, 2012, Amanda committed suicide at her home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.
It's taken a while, but police have finally made an arrest in the case. A 35-year old Dutch man, identified as only as "Aydin C" because of Dutch privacy laws, is in police custody.
According to the New York Daily News, Ayden C has been arrested in the Netherlands and charged with extortion, luring, criminal harassment and possession of child pornography for the purpose of distribution.
"This is truly a day we have been waiting for," said Carol Todd, Amanda's mother
Carol Todd
Ayden C was taken into custody in January 2014. However, the news of his arrest and connection to Amanda is just now being reported.
"The suspicions against the man are that he approached underage girls via the Internet and then seduced them into performing sexual acts in front of a webcam," prosecutors said in a statement. "He is suspected of subsequently pressurizing them to participate in making new material."
Dutch police suspect he has victimized girls in the U.S., Britain, Canada and the Netherlands.
Ayden C is also accused of blackmailing men by pretending to be an underage boy and convincing them to perform sex acts on camera, then threatening to turn them over to police.
Canadian authorities want to extradite Ayden C and prosecute him for the crimes committed against Amanda, but Dutch officials say he must go through the legal process there first.
His lawyer, Christian van Dijk, said he doesn't think prosecutors have enough evidence to convict his client.
"Prosecutors seem to think they have a big fish here, but if I see the evidence, it's not much," he said. "Lots of references to IP addresses and such."
Amanda's cry for help can be viewed below. Her mother hopes the video will help others who are being bullied.
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