Parents of Teen Victim of AI Sextortion Speak Out

One teenager was a victim of a vicious sextortion plot that ended in him taking his life with a gunshot. Elijah Heacock's parents say that the high school sophomore was being blackmailed by an anonymous person who threatened to send AI-generated nude images to his friends and family if he did not pay up. Inside Edition's Ann Mercagliano spoke to 16-year-old Elijah Heacock's grieving parents, Shannon and John. A GoFundMe to support the family can be found here: https://bit.ly/4ebbkUN