13 year old girl commits suicide from myspace hoax

[Adamaja456]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312018,00.html

DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. — Megan Meier thought she had made a new friend in cyberspace when a cute teenage boy named Josh contacted her on MySpace and began exchanging messages with her. Megan, a 13-year-old who suffered from depression and attention deficit disorder, corresponded with Josh for more than a month before he abruptly ended their friendship, telling her he had heard she was cruel. The next day Megan committed suicide...



tsk tsk, 13 year old depressed girls shouldn't make myspace accounts

[All_That_Chaz]

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The woman who created the fake profile has not been charged with a crime. She allegedly told the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department she created Josh's profile because she wanted to gain Megan's confidence to know what Megan was saying about her own child online.

That's ****ed up.

[demonllama6124]

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damn. thats all i have to say. oh and the fact that myspace should set up an age limit on their site to prevent crap like that from happening

[All_That_Chaz]

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damn. thats all i have to say. oh and the fact that myspace should set up an age limit on their site to prevent crap like that from happening

They do. You have to be 14 to set up an account. I guess she lied about her age.

[Rubin0]

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I've been following this story for a while now. It's really disturbing.

[Adamaja456]

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That's ****ed up.

thats what i thought when i read the part too. How could a parent stoop that low?

[pokelda]

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I laughed hard while reading this

[Verruckter]

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Natural selection at it's best

[Babyvpr]

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I found her myspace,

http://www.myspace.com/justice4megan

That story is just sad and f*cked up.

[DrugstoreCowboy]

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i was gonna say.. there should be no crime here.

yeah, people pretend to people they're not on the internet. get over it.
if your son/daughter would kill themselves over a myspace person they never met, then they should.


edit - requested to be her friend.

[lightdarkness]

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This is old news

[MalReynolds]

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i was gonna say.. there should be no crime here.

yeah, people pretend to people they're not on the internet. get over it.
if your son/daughter would kill themselves over a myspace person they never met, then they should.


edit - requested to be her friend.

That's the definition of a scam, which, while you gain nothing from it, it is legal. When you start to gain something, it becomes illegal. If I went online and pretended to be a cute boy (huhu i am a cute boy) and got money off a girl, that would be illegal.

If I went online and badgered my daughter's suicidally depressed enemy until she killed herself by gaining her confidence and then betraying her, then that would be illegal.

The mother should be kicked in the goddamned throat for doing something like that.

[madmatt621]

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They do. You have to be 14 to set up an account. I guess she lied about her age.

A lot of people lie about their age on MySpace. I'm surprised a lawsuit of any kind hasn't been made against MySpace.

[DrugstoreCowboy]

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there has.

[madmatt621]

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there has.

Why is MySpace still running?