13-year-old's death ruled homicide due to sextortion

13-year-old's death ruled homicide due to sextortion

News 8 is learning new details about the circumstances surrounding the death of a 13-year-old Cumberland County boy in August.

College football coach’s son, 13, was a victim of ‘sextortion’ before shooting death

The Shippensburg case is being treated as a homicide because of the actions of an 'online predator," the boy's family said.

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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 p…

Coroner Rules 13-Year-Old Boy’s Death Was Homicide by Sextortion

A Pennsylvania coroner has ruled a 13-year-old boy’s death this summer as homicide due to sextortion. Levi Maciejewski was found dead of a gunshot wound in the backyard of his family’s home in Cumberland County in August, WGAL reported. District Attorney Sean McCormack confirmed the coroner’s ruling. “The circumstances leading up to his death, a situation involving him being the victim of sextortion, plays a critical role in (the homicide) deter…