Random People Who Tragically Died While Live Streaming Themselves (10 items)

(#3) Brooke Miranda Hughes And Chaniya Morrison-Toomey From Pennsylvania
- victim
Early on December 6, 2016, Brooke Miranda Hughes, 18, was driving on Interstate 380 in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, broadcasting a Facebook Live video. Hughes and her passenger, 19-year-old Chaniya Morrison-Toomey, passed when a tractor-trailer collided with their vehicle.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Michael Jay Parks, was uninjured. Reportedly, Hughes was driving on a spare tire not suited for the winter conditions. The video was removed, but not before over 7,000 viewers glimpsed the fatal accident.
(#8) Actor Jay Bowdy
- actor
On January 23, 2017, 33-year-old aspiring actor Jay Bowdy passed from self-inflicted injuries during a Facebook Live video. Bowdy, who appeared in a handful of films and television shows, was survived by his wife and six children. Reportedly, Bowdy had been arrested on assault allegations in the days prior to his passing.

The video of his death has been taken down but was the subject of controversy prior to its removal. Many of Bowdy's friends and family were outraged that viewers repeatedly shared the sensitive footage on social media.
(#2) Keiana Herndon From Arkansas
- victim
On December 28, 2016, 25-year-old Keiana Herndon from Little Rock, Arkansas, was live streaming on Facebook when she suddenly collapsed. In the stream, the mother of two can be seen singing and conversing with viewers until she drops the phone. The stream continues for another 30 minutes after her passing, capturing a black screen and the sounds of her infant crying in the background.

Herndon’s father was publicly outraged that friends viewing the event live didn’t contact the authorities for help. Herndon reportedly had health problems, and complications from a thyroid condition prompted heart failure.
(#5) Océane E. From Essonne, France
- Suicide
On May 10, 2016, Océane E., a 19-year-old French woman whose avatar was Imanolthecat, recorded her self-inflicted death on Periscope. Prior to her passing, she described an alleged assault, maintaining that her ex-boyfriend filmed the attack and shared it on Snapchat. Periscope’s parent company, Twitter, promptly removed Océane’s footage.

Her ex-boyfriend denied the allegations, although a friend of Océane confirmed the existence of an “intimate video” posted to social media. Parisian authorities did not arrest him on any charges.
(#1) Katelyn Nicole Davis From Georgia
- Suicide
12-year-old Katelyn Nicole Davis, of Polk County, Georgia, passed from self-inflicted wounds on December 30, 2016, and deliberately live streamed it on Live.me. The camera continued to record after her passing. The footage went viral and popped up on other sites, including YouTube and Facebook.

Police responded to citizens prompting the removal of the video, explaining that law enforcement had “no control” over the video’s proliferation on the internet. Reportedly, it took Facebook two weeks to authorize the content’s removal.
(#10) Pro BASE Jumper Armin Schmieder

On August 26, 2016, Armin Schmieder, an Italian thrill-seeking wingsuit pilot, inadvertently streamed his death live on Facebook. The 28-year-old pro jumper suffered a fatal accident after taking a massive dive from the top of a mountain in Kandersteg, Switzerland. Right before jumping, Schmieder told his Facebook fans: "Today you fly with me."

Schmieder was one of dozens of BASE jumpers who passed throughout 2016, although he was the only jumper to record his death.