Mason Bogard's parents said their son attempted the activity, which involves strangulation in an attempt to create a type of high, but police have since closed the investigation saying there is no ...

Mason Bogard’s family believes he passed away as a result of a social media challenge known as the choking challenge, or choking game. In the game, people cut off their own airways briefly to ...

Joann Jackson Bogard said in a Facebook post Sunday that her son Mason Bogard tried the challenge on Wednesday evening and it went “horribly wrong.” “The challenge that Mason tried was the choking ...

Emergency responders were called to teenager Mason Bogard's home about 10 p.m. Wednesday. According to Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding there was a report of an "unresponsive juvenile." ...

In a hallway lined with hospital staff and community support, Mason Bogard is wheeled toward the operating room with a folded flag on his chest. His family follows behind. A hospital ...

Mason Bogard died while attempting the ‘choking game’ that he saw on social media, his parents said. (Picture: Joann Jackson Bogard/Facebook) A teenager accidentally killed himself after attem ...

Mason Bogard, 15, donated organs to five different people, according to his family. His mother, Joann Bogard, posted a video to Facebook on Tuesday of hospital staff and loved ones gathered in the ...

Joann Bogard said her son Mason "will be giving life" to six people. He'll be escorted to surgery with an "Honor Walk" at 4 p.m. at Deaconess Midtown. "This young man continues to make us proud ...

Mason Bogard isn’t the only one. The Evansville teen died on May 4, days after his family found him unresponsive in his bedroom. Bogard was reportedly a victim of the choking game – a ...

The "honor walk" took place on Monday, May 6, with several members of the hospital staff wheeling Mason Bogard's through a throng of other staff members, family and friends, as seen in the video ...

Joann Jackson Bogard said her son, Mason Bogard, participated in a "choking challenge" incident Wednesday evening. They are now preparing for his organs to be donated in the coming days.