"We’re sending a message to the rest of the world. Michigan will not tolerate the exploitation of our children."

Local 4 sat down with the parents of a Michigan teenager who died by suicide while being blackmailed with a nude photograph on Instagram.

Jordan DeMay, 17, was a student at Marquette Senior High School in March 2022 when three men from Lagos, Nigeria, convinced him to send a nude photograph of himself on Instagram.

"These three guys from the the other side of the planet came into my home while we were sleeping and murdered my son.” -- Jordan DeMay's parents spoke with us about the sextortion scheme that led to their son's death by suicide.