That night, authorities say, the Rutgers University student who sent the message using a hidden camera in her bedroom to convey intimate encounter the roommate live on the Internet.
And three days later, the roommate who had been filmed surreptitiously - Tyler Clementi, a freshman 18 years of age and a viola made - jumped from the George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, in an apparent suicide .
The September 22 death, the authorities released Wednesday, was the last by a young American who followed the publication of harmful material online. The news came the same day that Rutgers started a two-year, the campus-wide project to teach the importance of civility, with special focus on intimidation and the use and abuse of new technologies.
Those who knew Mr. Clementi - on the campus of Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, in the Northern Illinois school high and in a community orchestra - is distressed by the circumstances surrounding his death, describing him as a musician dedicated hard it was sweet and timid.
"It's really horrible, especially in New York and in the age 21," said Arkady Leytush, artistic director of the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, where Mr. Clementi played since his freshman year in high school. "It's so painful. He was very friendly and had a very good potential."
The office of the Middlesex County prosecutor says roommate of Mr. Clementi, Dharun Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro, New Jersey, and another companion, Molly Wei, 18, of Plainsboro, New Jersey, had every one was charged with two counts of invasion of privacy to use "the camera to see and transmit a live picture" Mr Clementi. The most serious charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Mr. Ravi was charged with two additional charges of invasion of privacy to try a similar breakthrough in live online on September 21, the day before the suicide. A spokesman for the prosecutor's office, James O'Neill, said the investigation continues but declined to "speculate on charges."
Steven Goldstein, chairman of gay rights, Garden State Equality, said Wednesday that it considered the death a hate crime. "We are sick that no one in our society, such as students suspected of surreptitious video making, you might consider the destruction of the lives of others as a sport," he said in a statement. "In this case winds its way through the legal system, we can only wait for the suspects receive the maximum sentence possible."
It is unclear whether Mr. Clementi was gay, classmates say they mostly kept to himself. Birnbohm Daniel, a freshman who lived in his room in Davidson Hall, said that when a counselor asked him how many students had known Mr. Clementi, only 3 out of 50 students raised their hands.
But Mr. Clement displayed a favorite quote on her Facebook page, the song "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "What do you get when you kiss a guy?" You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. "
And the message from his roommate Twitter makes it clear that Mr. Ravi thought he knew the sexual orientation of Mr. Clementi.
A message later by Mr. Ravi seemed to refer to the second attempt to pass Mr. Clementi. "Anyone with iChat" wrote on September 21, "I challenge you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes, it's happening again."
Mr Clementi's family issued a statement Wednesday confirming the suicide and the promise of cooperation with the criminal investigation. "Tyler was a handsome man, and a distinguished musician," the statement said. "The family is heartbroken beyond words."
While the body of Mr. Clement has not recovered, witnesses told police he saw a man jump from the bridge just before 9 am on September 22, said Paul J. Browne, chief spokesman for the New York Police Department. . Officers there found a wallet with identification, Mr. Browne.
Police said Wednesday they had found the body of a young man in northern Hudson Bridge and were trying to identify.
Officials at Ridgewood High School, where Mr. Clement graduated in June, last week warned parents of current students that his family had reported her disappearance, and encouraged students to take advantage of counseling in school.
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