InvestigateTV+: The crime targeting young people online
Season 4, Episode 13
(InvestigateTV) — In a matter of hours, a text conversation ends in a teen’s death, spotlighting a crime authorities say increasingly targets young people online.
Plus, a woman keeps a mysterious and embarrassing symptom to herself until an E.R. visit reveals a diagnosis on the rise among people under 50.
Then, a mother comes face-to-face with the nurse who saved her daughter decades ago.
‘Psychological warfare’
Bryce Tate’s death was the result of a crime the FBI reports is quickly growing across the country.
His father, Adam Tate, is sharing his story to educate other parents. He and his wife, Amanda, said they were initially unfamiliar with the scam police say killed their son.
“We had never heard of the term sextortion before,” Adam Tate said.
Endometrial cancer rates are rising
The biggest overall risk of developing cancer comes later in life, as the typical age for a diagnosis is 67 years old.
But recent data shows a growing number of young people are receiving the life-changing news. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found between 2010 and 2019 the incidence of fourteen cancer types increased among people under 50.
One of those is uterine cancer, which also saw an increase in death rates at younger ages. Most uterine cancers happen in the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus.
Veterans hike and talk mental health
A small group of military veterans in the Las Vegas Valley has started a monthly ritual of joining together on hikes throughout the valley.
The group, organized by Navy veteran Nathan French, meets on the first Saturday of each month and invites military veterans across the valley to participate.
Forty years flying with newborns
A nurse who transports critically ill newborns to a Level Four NICU in the nation’s capital has marked 40 years on the job.
Janice Berry works on the transport team at Children’s National Hospital, flying with newborns to bring them to the hospital’s NICU.
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