Joe Yates
Warning: This article contains discussion of a drug and alcohol-related death which some readers may find distressing.
The family of a streamer who died on a live broadcast have shared how viewers could be heard taunting his corpse when they came in the room.
Sergio Jiménez Ramos was discovered dead in his family home by his younger brother and mom in the early hours of the morning on New Year's Eve (December 31).
The 37-year-old streamer was allegedly taking on drug-fuelled 'challenges' in return for donations from his viewers - who have been accused of paying him to drink whiskey and take cocaine.
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Sergio, who lived in the Spanish city of Vilanova i la Geltru - a 45-minute drive southwest of Barcelona, was tragically found by his family with his webcam still on.
The discovery came after his mom Teresa had spotted her son's door slightly open following a visit to the toilet.
"I got up to go to the bathroom just before 2am and saw the door to his room was ajar," she told El Periódico.
"I asked him what he was doing but he didn’t answer. I tried to go in, but there were clothes or something on the bedroom floor and I couldn’t.
"I kept asking him from outside but he didn’t answer. I could see him kneeling on the bed, as if he were praying."
After being unable to enter his bedroom, that's when she called her other son Daniel.
Speaking with El Periódico, Daniel confirmed that his brother was already dead prior to him calling the emergency services.
"There was an almost empty bottle of whiskey, a couple of cans of energy drinks and a pile of cocaine on a red plate," he said.
"My brother was kneeling on the floor, his head resting on the mattress."
Daniel explained that during the horrific scene - of him and his mom discovering Sergio dead - voices were coming from his computer.
"The computer was on and I could hear voices asking him if he was sleeping off his hangover," he claimed.
Teresa explained to reporters that another son had mentioned to her just months earlier that Sergio had began partaking in these 'challenges' on his streams.
“Jordi, my eldest son, who lives in the Pyrenees, warned us a couple of months ago Sergio was making these kinds of videos," she added.
The Catalan police, known as Mossos d'Esquadra, have confirmed that an investigation has been opened.
A spokesperson said: "We can confirm we are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man found lifeless at a property in Villanova i Geltru in the province of Barcelona in the early hours of December 31.
"We are awaiting the full autopsy results and are looking into the context of this man’s death to determine whether a crime has occurred."
LADbible Group has contacted Mossos d'Esquadra for comment.
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