Taiwanese woman kills self while chatting on Facebook

A 31-year-old woman killed herself by inhaling poisonous fumes while chatting with friends on Facebook but none of them alerted authorities, police in Taiwan said today.

Taipei police officer Hsieh Ku-ming said Claire Lin killed herself on her birthday, March 18. He said family members reported the suicide soon after her death but were unaware of the Facebook conversations that accompanied it.