The Momo viral challenge resulted in the death of an 11-year-old boy in Miami

A An 11 year old boy has committed suicide in his room apparently as part of the call "Momo Challenge", a viral challenge that has spread in the social networks that border the miners and commit suicide.

"What's happening is real, it's not a game, it's demonic, never leave your kids alone, even if they work, do not leave their kids alone," warned the father of the child, who lives in Miami, Florida, in an interview with Telemundo51.

The couple, originally from Peru, told the local media that before killing themselves, they noticed a change in his son, one of them was that he started talking to someone called Momo.

Initial findings from parents and authorities suggest that the child could have committed suicide after receiving some suicidal message related to the viral challenge.

On your Twitter account, the police North Miami Beach posted a message in which invite parents to pay attention and to learn about trends in social media and what their kids see on mobile phones and social networks like YouTube.

The latest version of Momo is that his messages had been placed in children's videos However, the YouTube platform indicated that this type of content had not yet been detected.

The "Momo Challenge" was born in 2016, but since the second half of 2018, authorities from different countries have warned against its expansion.

Momo is represented by the image of a cadaverous-looking woman, with almost no nose and wide, bird-like mouth, presented at a terrorist fair. The character creates challenges through messages on the networks and invites minors and young people to commit risky or violent acts.

In most cases, this encourages the participant in the challenge to hurt themselves. Different prosecutors pointed out that he could to incite suicide.

It is feared that those who hide behind this game steal images and user information this falls into their networks through a computer program, and takes advantage of the situation to blackmail them.

Although the creator of the doll, Keisuke Aiso, said that the character died and that "the curse is gone" was alerted in different parts of the world by the viral challenge, especially in the United States and Mexico.