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Friday, 07 December 2007 10:28 |
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In August of 2006, a girl met a boy. Where? On myspace, of course. The teen had been contacted by the boy who claimed to have moved from Florida to nearby O'Fallon. Their Internet relationship blossomed over the next six weeks, and the girl was on cloud nine. But then, the proverbial hammer fell and on Sunday, October 15, 2006, the boy contacted her stating he wanted to break off their relationship. The teen was crushed, and by Monday, several classmates had added to her distress by posting taunting expletive laced myspace bulletin boards. Later that day she was found hanging in her closet. She died the next day. In a sense, this story is reminiscent of the type of tragedies that can occur when an Internet relationship goes bad. Sadly, this case was much darker than the tragic yet all too familiar "girl meets boy online" scenarios. |
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:02 |
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It has been stated that tragedies bring out the best in us. They also bring out the worst. This seems especially so when the tragedy involves a child. Unlike adult victims however, child victims are generally shielded from the media spotlight. For several reasons, the least of which involves the basic premise that we, as a civilized society, consider it extremely distasteful to feast upon our children's pain. Or so we claim... |
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Wednesday, 03 May 2006 18:35 |
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Trench of MyCrimeSpace posted an interesting tidbit regarding Massachusetts AG Tom Reillys challenge to myspace. |
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