Woman Indicted In MySpace Suicide Case

longacre writes "The Associated Press is reporting an indictment has been handed down in the sad case of Megan Meier, the girl who committed suicide after receiving upsetting MySpace messages from someone she perceived to be her boyfriend. It was later determined the boy, Josh Evans, was a fictitious identity created by a neighbor of Meier's family. Lori Drew, of a St. Louis suburb, has been charged with 'one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict emotional distress on the girl.' Interestingly, despite the alleged crime having occurred strictly in Missouri, the case was investigated by the FBI's St. Louis and Los Angeles field offices, and the trial will be held in Los Angeles, home of MySpace's servers. Wired is running a related story about the potentially 'scary' precedent this case could set."

Comments

It's as simple as this

[Erie Ed]

The girl got trolled and had her butt hurt. Besides if she killed herself over something like this she must have had some mental issues.

Re:It's as simple as this

[Anonymous Coward]

You sound like a dumbass.

Re:It's as simple as this

[Anonymous Coward]

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Send the Bitch to Gitmo - Do it NOW !!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Because the bitch ain't a nice person

Re:Back To Reality

[Knuckles]

MURDER? Are you insane?

Go Kill Yourself Losers!

[Anonymous Coward]

  So, if I wrote that, and someone emotionally unstable kills himself/herself, I am a murder?

  What if that lady, was a real boyfriend, how many times someone kills themselves because they broke up? Is breaking up less manipulative somehow because it is not on the Internet? Should I pull Kurt's Cobains wife into court for his alleged murder induced by her? How about I hold bands accountable, or rappers for enticing people to kill cops? Blame GTA for someone going and having hooker and running them over with the car? What is the lady said "Go fuck yourself", and the girl did it, and got HIV? etc etc...

  How about WE HOLD THE DEADS GIRLS PARENTS responsible because they allowed her to use Internet without proper guidance and supervision?
Should we dissect the girls profile and see if SHE LIED anywhere in representing who she is? How about she posted under an alias, pretending to be someone else?

  What that lady did was mean, but holding her responsible for killing her is a joke.

  Good riddence, I nominate her for DARWIN AWARD You know Darwin Award, where STUPID people do STUPID Things and Slashdot enjoys ripping into them? How hypocritical of those of you now to say otherwise.

  A stupid bitch who died - and the smart people who are pushing some agenda behind it.

Re:Back To Reality

[hypergreatthing]

Don't be rediculous. I had real life friends who turned around and stabbed me in the back and did nasty things to me. When i was 14 I was calling up chat boards, going on irc channels and i knew damn well and good without anyone telling me that people whom i didn't know and couldn't talk face to face were strangers or at best pen pals.

What happened here was darwinism at it's best. This child ended her own life. No one else did. Don't play some emotional crap and say it was the fault of that disgusting woman who should of known better. It was not her fault that the kid committed suicide. The kid had to take responsibility and no one else. That's what suicide is.

My 2 cents...

[Cnik70]

"the girl who committed suicide after receiving upsetting MySpace messages from someone she perceived to be her boyfriend" If a myspace message causes you to kill yourself, I'm guessing that you were not destine to be a rocket scientist or brain surgeon. The parents should thank the woman for relieving them of this overly emotional burden.

Megan had it coming. The other side of the story.

[$criptah]

http://meganhaditcoming.blogspot.com/

This is a blog that is about to be taken down and it described why the woman did what she did. I don't think that this case is as black and white as some people think.

Re:Megan had it coming. The other side of the stor

[$criptah]

Once in a while I resume reading Slashdot. And then I get comments like yours that make me realize why I stop reading and posting there. Did you read my comment? Did I say anything about who is right and who is wrong? I stated that there was a blog where the mom posted her side of the story. Is it true? I don't know. Is it false? I don't know.