From Tragedy to Resolve: Inside Arizona’s New Suicide Law

State lawmakers enact ‘Cade’s Law’ in memory of 16-year-old Cade Keller, making online facilitation of teen suicide a crime.

Megan Keller (R), mother of Cade Keller, greets a visitor with a hug during a yearly memorial fundraiser in Phoenix on April 18, 2026. In the foreground is her favorite photo of Caden, who died by suicide in March 2022. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

PHOENIX—Before his death, 16-year-old Cade Keller said in three Instagram videos that he intended to take his own life, his family says.

The message was not hidden. It was not implied. It was stated directly—and still, it passed without the kind of urgency that might have changed what came next.