Pennsylvania Boy, 13, Committed Suicide After Falling Victim to Sextortion Scam [Video]

The death of a 13-year-old Cumberland County boy over the summer as been ruled as a homicide due to a sextortion scam, District Attorney Sean McCormack confirmed Friday.

Levi Maciejewski was found dead of a gunshot wound in the backyard of his family’s home in Shippensburg Township in August.

Levi was Coerced, Threatened and Blackmailed Before His Death

A family statement posted on Facebook by the teen’s mom, Tricia Maciejewski, said an online predator coerced, threatened and blackmailed him. The statement also said authorities are trying to find whoever was responsible.

“We were an ordinary family with typical teenage kids, and our lives have been irreparably changed by this unfathomable crime,” the statement continued.

WHP reached out to the Cumberland County District Attorney, who confirmed Maciejewski’s death on Aug. 20 is being investigated as a homicide due to the circumstances of his passing. Due to the complexity of the case, no other details could be released.

A sextortion scam is a form of blackmail where …