Investigators are trying to determine what caused an 8 -year-old New Jersey girl to take her own life..
Sources say Imani McCray was sent to her room for a time out just before the suicide attempt.
Prosecutors said she had seen a story on Facebook about a Colorado girl killing herself in a similar manner beforehand.
Authorities said her family members tried to revive her before medics arrived.
Emergency crews were called to her family’s apartment building in Newark around 1.40pm on Sunday.
Imani had a faint pulse when paramedics arrived, but prosecutors said she was pronounced dead at the University Hospital in Newark, according to NBC New York.
Essex County prosecutors said they are trying to determine if Imani may have seen the story about 10-year-old Ashawnty Davis, who hanged herself in November, and copied what she had read.
Prosecutors also said Imani may have hanged herself in a case of tragic playacting at her home, according to NBC.
Imani would have turned nine years old next week. Her death comes a little over a week after Ashawnty was taken off life support.
Ashawnty died two weeks after she hanged herself because a video of her being bullied was posted on social media.
It was recorded by another student, who then sent the footage to an app called Musical.ly.