

Arroyo rushed upstairs to find Arriani hanging by her dog’s leash which she had affixed to the door to her room. However, on February 26, 2021, while Ariana’s mother Christina Arroyo was at church and her father Heriberto Arroyo was working in the basement, her younger brother Edwardo came downstairs and told his father that Arriani was not moving. Mr. She gradually became obsessed with participating in TikTok challenges. Because many of these Tik Tok challenges involved eating and dancing, Ariana’s parents did not regard them as dangerous. The SMVLC also says that Arriani Jaileen Arroyo was an active child and enjoyed playing basketball, playing kickball and riding her bike. She loved to dance and was enrolled in ballet. After receiving a phone at age seven, she started using TikTok and posting videos of herself dancing and singing. The Clarksville Police determined that Lalani died from self-asphyxiation as a direct result of attempting TikTok’s “Blackout Challenge.” Watson called a neighbor who cut Lalani down and called 9-1-1. Lalani had laid out her bathing suit in anticipation of going swimming. Ms. She walked in and found Lalani hanging from her bed with a rope around her neck still warm to the touch. Watson awoke from a one-hour nap, she walked upstairs to Lalani’s room and was surprised to find the door closed. Watson, during which she had been amusing herself by watching TikTok videos on her device. Lalani’s stepmother told Lalani to clean up her room while she rested from the long drive, after which they would go swimming. On the afternoon of July 15, 2021, Lalani just returned from a road trip with her stepmother, Ms. Lalani received her first cellphone on her eighth birthday and shortly thereafter downloaded TikTok and started posting videos of herself singing and dancing. Unbeknownst to either her mother, Christina Arlington Smith, or stepmother, Rashika Watson, TikTok’s algorithm was directing Lalani to its deadly “Blackout Challenge.” When Lalani grew up, she wanted to be a famous rapper, like Cardi B. The SMVLC says that Lalani was an extremely sweet and outgoing young girl who loved dressing up as a princess and playing with makeup. She enjoyed being the center of attention and didn’t shy away from the spotlight.
