Boy, 19, commits suicide after sheriff’s office posts ‘bullying’ message about him on Facebook

  • Andrew Cain, from Pullman, Washington, fatally shot himself on Sunday

  • His sister is demanding an apology from the Idaho sheriff’s office

  • Sheriff’s team posted Facebook ‘wanted’ poster with Cain’s photograph

  • Alise Smith said comments about poster became too much for her brother

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A 19-year-old man committed suicide following a sarcastic Facebook post about his arrest warrant by his local sheriff’s office, his family said.

The sister of Andrew Cain is demanding an apology from an Idaho sheriff’s deputy she says harassed her brother on the social networking site in the days before his death.

Alise Smith said her brother’s decision to end his life was his own, but she believes the comments that he received about arrest warrants in Latah County became too much for him.

Andrew Cain fatally shot himself on Sunday following a 'wanted' message posted to Facebook about his arrest warrant by his local sheriff's office

Andrew Cain fatally shot himself on Sunday following a ‘wanted’ message posted to Facebook about his arrest warrant by his local sheriff’s office

The sheriff’s office in Idaho posted a picture of Andrew Cain with the message: ‘We have decided that Andrew Cain is no longer the Wanted Person of the Week… he is the Wanted Person of the Month of June. Congratulations!’

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Yosemite National Park rangers search for teen swept over waterfall

The water at Nevada Fall flows at 500 cubic feet per second.

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The water at Nevada Fall flows at 500 cubic feet per second.

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Park rangers searched Yosemite National Park on Saturday for a California man who was swept over the edge of a nearly 600-foot waterfall while swimming.

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