Detective in Controversial Teen Sexting Case Dead From Suicide After Molestation Accusations
Allie Jones · 12/16/15 11:20AMThe story of the Virginia police detective who led a contentious teen sexting investigation last year has unraveled in a spectacularly depressing way. The detective, 39-year-old David E. Abbott Jr. of the Manassas Police Department, shot and killed himself yesterday as police attempted to arrest him for child molestation.