David K. Li is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
A small-town Alabama mayor and preacher told a friend he was facing 'dark days' after a conservative news site published stories that alleged he used an online alter ego to post photos of himself in women’s clothing and pictures of community members on an adult website. Smiths Station Mayor F.L. 'Bubba' Copeland died by suicide on Friday, 48 hours after 1819 News published its initial story, which included what it alleges are photos of Copeland in women’s bras, makeup and wigs.
'It's just tragic all the way around.' Jones said. Emails to the site’s editor in chief and the article’s author were not immediately returned. DiChiara, the school superintendent, blamed Copeland's death on those who mocked, and continue to ridicule, the late mayor. 'Some people are just heartless even in the man’s death,' he said. 'His son is really having a hard time with it. His teenage son is taking it pretty tough.
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