I haven't seen this addressed here yet, but I imagine most have heard about it. Who should be held responsible?
Lots of things happened since this story was originally posted.
No charges will be filed against the family who created the fake MySpace site, the identity and address of the mom responsible for creating the hoax was posted online, which prompted vigilantes of the virtual and real-life kind to take justice into their own hands (you have to scroll down the article).
Finally, the mom responsible for the hoax went so far as to starting her own blog to "set the record straight": Megan Had It Coming. A very sad and terrifying read. What kind of mom does this?
Judging from the title of the blog alone (assuming that it's really her), it doesn't seem as if she has any remorse for her hand in Megan Meier's suicide. She may be breathing a sigh of relief that she and her husband dodged criminal charges, but she better be damn scared as hell for those vigilantes who are ready and willing to take justice into their own hands.
I hope this haunts and eats away at her for the rest of her life.
Reforms urged after MySpace hoax's victim kills herself
By Betsy Taylor
Associated Press
from pantagraph.com
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. Her family learned later that Josh never actually existed; he was created by members of a neighborhood family that included a former friend of Megan's...
'''But when adults are involved and continue to screw with a 13-year-old, with or without mental problems, it is absolutely vile,'' she told the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, which first reported on the case."
By Betsy Taylor
Associated Press
from pantagraph.com
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. Her family learned later that Josh never actually existed; he was created by members of a neighborhood family that included a former friend of Megan's...
'''But when adults are involved and continue to screw with a 13-year-old, with or without mental problems, it is absolutely vile,'' she told the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, which first reported on the case."
No charges will be filed against the family who created the fake MySpace site, the identity and address of the mom responsible for creating the hoax was posted online, which prompted vigilantes of the virtual and real-life kind to take justice into their own hands (you have to scroll down the article).
Finally, the mom responsible for the hoax went so far as to starting her own blog to "set the record straight": Megan Had It Coming. A very sad and terrifying read. What kind of mom does this?
Judging from the title of the blog alone (assuming that it's really her), it doesn't seem as if she has any remorse for her hand in Megan Meier's suicide. She may be breathing a sigh of relief that she and her husband dodged criminal charges, but she better be damn scared as hell for those vigilantes who are ready and willing to take justice into their own hands.
I hope this haunts and eats away at her for the rest of her life.
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