The McCarthy family said that Ethan, 17, lived with his mother Nikki Maynard, a nurse specializing in children with special needs, and his siblings Caleb and Emily. Her parents found her suicide note in the morning, and her body was discovered inside the car. Kristine then snuck out of the house in the middle of the night and drove her mother's car to a pharmacy, where she killed herself. The 16-year-old opened an Amazon account and ordered the chemical for $28.67. Her family had no idea that she was visiting suicide websites, weighing up different methods, and writing lists of pros and cons. 'She expressed feeling no joy even the things that had once given her pleasure like group-chatting with her friends no longer were enough.' In her diary, she expressed feeling listless and meaningless. 'By September 2020, she felt the quarantine restrictions would never lift. It began at a time in her life when she was just beginning to come into her own. 'The pandemic was extremely difficult for Kristine. When the pandemic hit, she became withdrawn and depressed. She lived with her parents and two younger siblings, Daniel and Katherine, and loved playing board games with the family. The Jonsson family said Kristine was a happy, healthy high school student and talented artist, who was 'extremely intelligent and focused'. 'This is different from them selling rope, knives, or other implements that can be used for death because there is no household use for at the level of purity (98-99%) it sells it.'Īn Amazon spokesman told : 'Sodium nitrite is not intended for consumption, and unfortunately, like many products, it can be misused.' They note that Amazon's online recommendations suggest that customers who purchased the chemical also buy a scale to measure the correct dose, an anti-vomiting drug and Amazon's edition of a handbook on assisted suicide. 'Amazon is selling a product that is as deadly as cyanide,' they said. The two families' attorneys say Amazon ought to have been aware of the trend and that by continuing to sell the product, they assisted in the deaths of two youngsters.
People who viewed sodium nitrate on the site were also served ads for an acid relieving tablet which can provide 'life saving vomiting' after the chemical is ingested, and a suicide book. They also accuse Amazon of selling 'suicide kits' through its algorithm which targets customers with other, related products. The two kids' families say the retail company knew how dangerous it was long before then, but continued to sell it for a profit. Loudwolf's sodium nitrate has now been removed from Amazon after intervention from the FDA. It is often discussed in online suicide chat forums and websites where youngsters share suicide tips. It has now been removed from Amazon, but the parents say it's too late
Both teenagers bought Loudwolf's food preserving agent sodium nitrite online for $19.99.
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