East Point Boy Accidentally Hangs Himself to Death

EAST POINT, GA — A mother says her 11-year-son died while mimicking YouTube prank videos on fake hangings, according to a WSB report.

Cantenecia Stokes found her son, Aundreis Bass, hanging from a rope in his bedroom closet last weekend. She told WSB that her three other children watched the boy hang himself while she was making breakfast.

Stokes said her son panicked when he realized what was happening.

“He panicked and he was trying to take himself out, and he didn’t know if you pull you're only worsening, it's tightening,” she said.

Aundreis Bass died four days later at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Patch did a quick search of such videos that are offered on YouTube, and here is one hanging prank. There is no evidence that the boy actually watched this specific video.

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