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 Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: MSNBC: 13 YR Old Girl Killed Herself Over Online Hoax! |
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Teen distraught at end of MySpace relationship; neighbor family created ID
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.
Now Megan's parents hope the people who made the fraudulent profile on the social networking Web site will be prosecuted, and they are seeking legal changes to safeguard children on the Internet.
The girl's mother, Tina Meier, said she doesn't think anyone involved intended for her daughter to kill herself.
‘Absolutely vile’
"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.
Tina Meier said law enforcement officials told her the case did not fit into any law. But sheriff's officials have not closed the case and pledged to consider new evidence if it emerges.
Megan Meier hanged herself in her bedroom on Oct. 16, 2006, and died the next day. She was described as a "bubbly, goofy" girl who loved spending time with her friends, watching movies and fishing with her dad.
Megan had been on medication, but had been upbeat before her death, her mother said, after striking up a relationship on MySpace with Josh Evans about six weeks before her death.
Josh told her he was born in Florida and had recently moved to the nearby community of O'Fallon. He said he was homeschooled, and didn't yet have a phone number in the area to give her.
Megan's parents said she received a message from him on Oct. 15 of last year, essentially saying he didn't want to be her friend anymore, that he had heard she wasn't nice to her friends.
Megan seemed upset
The next day, as Megan's mother headed out the door to take another daughter to the orthodontist, she knew Megan was upset about Internet messages. She asked Megan to log off. Users on MySpace must be at least 14, though Megan was not when she opened her account. A MySpace spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.
Someone using Josh's account was sending cruel messages. Then, Megan called her mother, saying electronic bulletins were being posted about her, saying things like, "Megan Meier is a [Swearing is not permitted at Clublakers. You must edit this post prior to submitting.]. Megan Meier is fat."
Megan's mother, who monitored her daughter's online communications, returned home and said she was shocked at the vulgar language her own daughter was sending. She told her daughter how upset she was about it.
Megan ran upstairs, and her father, Ron, tried to tell her everything would be fine. About 20 minutes later, she was found in her bedroom. She died the next day.
Her father said he found a message the next day from Josh, which he said law enforcement authorities have not been able to retrieve. It told the girl she was a bad person and the world would be better without her, he has said.
Another parent, who learned of the MySpace account from her own daughter who had access to the Josh profile, told Megan's parents about the hoax in a counselor's office about six weeks after Megan died. That's when they learned Josh was imaginary, they said.
Creator of fake account not charged
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.
The mother from down the street told police that she, her daughter and another person all typed and monitored the communication between the fictitious boy and Megan.
A person who answered the door at the family's house told an Associated Press reporter on Friday afternoon that they had been advised not to comment.
Megan's parents had been storing a foosball table for the family that created the MySpace character. Six weeks after Megan's death, they learned the other family had created the profile and responded by destroying the foosball table, dumping it on the neighbors' driveway and encouraging them to move away.
Megan's parents are now separated and plan to divorce.
Aldermen in Dardenne Prairie, a community of about 7,000 residents about 35 miles from St. Louis, have proposed a new ordinance related to child endangerment and Internet harassment. It could come before city leaders on Wednesday.
"Is this enough?" Mayor Pam Fogarty said Friday. "No, not by any stretch of the imagination, but it's something, and you have to start somewhere."
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21844203/page/2/ |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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that's just sick  
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| I was watching the report on the cnn yesterday, very sad story. Depression is a very serious issue that people go through and my heart felt condolences go out to that girls family. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:01 am Post subject: |
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Children can be cruel, the internet just makes it that much easier. But that adults were a part of a sadistic plot to draw the girl in and then destroy her is tragic beyond words.
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| Yeah it's mean, but it's no reason to kill yourself. Killing yourself over an online person you've never met? That's just dumb. Sorry to seem insensitive, but I don't think the people who make the fake account should be charged at all. |
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| Yeah it's mean, but it's no reason to kill yourself. Killing yourself over an online person you've never met? That's just dumb. |
She was a 13 year old girl with mental issues.
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i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues?
i think most criminals have serious mental issues but that in no way makes it any better ....but thats just how i see it
definitely stupid on her part to kill her self but still a tragic event
i dont think that those who made the account should be charged |
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i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues? |
I didn't say it was ok. And I'm not saying these morons who created that fake account should be charged. But look at the age difference and it is a totally different situation.Just cut her some slack and let her RIP. She was just a little girl.
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i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues? |
Look at the age difference. But I'm not saying this morons who created that fake account should be charged. Just cut her some slack. And I didn't say it makes the situation any better, whatever that means. Just cut her some slack and let her RIP. |
did i ever single you out? or say that you said that? 
and i did acknowledge the fact that it was a tragic event ... i do feel sorry for her but nevertheless im just sharing my opinion on the matter jeeesh |
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| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues? |
Look at the age difference. But I'm not saying this morons who created that fake account should be charged. Just cut her some slack. And I didn't say it makes the situation any better, whatever that means. Just cut her some slack and let her RIP. |
did i ever single you out? or say that you said that?
and i did acknowledge the fact that it was a tragic event ... i do feel sorry for her but nevertheless im just sharing my opinion on the matter jeeesh |
Reading your post it looked like you were responding to me. Not a big deal anyway. I was just sharing my opinion on your post.
Relax, jeeesh
Moving on...
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| SOAD wrote: |
| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
| SOAD wrote: |
| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues? |
Look at the age difference. But I'm not saying this morons who created that fake account should be charged. Just cut her some slack. And I didn't say it makes the situation any better, whatever that means. Just cut her some slack and let her RIP. |
did i ever single you out? or say that you said that?
and i did acknowledge the fact that it was a tragic event ... i do feel sorry for her but nevertheless im just sharing my opinion on the matter jeeesh |
Reading your post it looked like you were responding to me. Not a big deal anyway. I was just sharing my opinion on your post.
Relax, jeeesh |
well dont assume sir its not wise and i am relaxed your the one who should take into account that i never posted your name |
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| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
| SOAD wrote: |
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| SOAD wrote: |
| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues? |
Look at the age difference. But I'm not saying this morons who created that fake account should be charged. Just cut her some slack. And I didn't say it makes the situation any better, whatever that means. Just cut her some slack and let her RIP. |
did i ever single you out? or say that you said that?
and i did acknowledge the fact that it was a tragic event ... i do feel sorry for her but nevertheless im just sharing my opinion on the matter jeeesh |
Reading your post it looked like you were responding to me. Not a big deal anyway. I was just sharing my opinion on your post.
Relax, jeeesh |
well dont assume sir its not wise and i am relaxed your the one who should take into account that i never posted your name |
Christ. 
Let me try this again, moving on...
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| SOAD wrote: |
| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
| SOAD wrote: |
| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
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| The Bynum Supremacy wrote: |
i dont understand this ...
was it ok for the Virginia tech shooter to kill those people because he had mental issues? |
Look at the age difference. But I'm not saying this morons who created that fake account should be charged. Just cut her some slack. And I didn't say it makes the situation any better, whatever that means. Just cut her some slack and let her RIP. |
did i ever single you out? or say that you said that?
and i did acknowledge the fact that it was a tragic event ... i do feel sorry for her but nevertheless im just sharing my opinion on the matter jeeesh |
Reading your post it looked like you were responding to me. Not a big deal anyway. I was just sharing my opinion on your post.
Relax, jeeesh |
well dont assume sir its not wise and i am relaxed your the one who should take into account that i never posted your name |
Christ.
Let me try this again, moving on... |
ok dude you have to realize you made a mistake and just move on and quit acting like you are right here |
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| ok dude you have to realize you made a mistake and just move on and quit acting like you are right here |
Ok dude you have to realize you need to stop taking threads off topic.
"Moving on..."
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| anyways i think that depression victims especially children should be put in those mental institutions immediately before they can do something stupid |
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Something should be done but I think putting a little kid in a mental institution is too much
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I don't think this girl qualifies as having "mental problems". She wasn't bi-polar or schizophrenic, she was a 13-year-old kid. ADD in kids isn't uncommon, depression in kids is a difficult diagnosis because their brains are still developing. This isn't a girl with serious mental problems, she was just a girl who did not deserve to have this done to her. And while killing yourself over losing a friend on the internet doesn't seem rational to us, that's because we're not 13 (well, most of us). At that age, everything is heightened and extreme.
Bottom line, adults should know better and I hope their community at least makes them pay for it, even if the law can't.
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I don't think this girl qualifies as having "mental problems". She wasn't bi-polar or schizophrenic, she was a 13-year-old kid. ADD in kids isn't uncommon, depression in kids is a difficult diagnosis because their brains are still developing. This isn't a girl with serious mental problems, she was just a girl who did not deserve to have this done to her. And while killing yourself over losing a friend on the internet doesn't seem rational to us, that's because we're not 13 (well, most of us). At that age, everything is heightened and extreme.
Bottom line, adults should know better and I hope their community at least makes them pay for it, even if the law can't. |
When I was 13 I thought that was irrational. That's why I thought there would probably be more to her problems than we know about it.
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| http://mydeathspace.com/article/2007/11/15/Megan_Meier_(13)_hung_herself_in_her_closet_after_becoming_the_victim_of_cyber_bullying |
Damn, that was sad.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| hype wrote: |
| that's just sick |
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Sad. Sad how the parents didn't know and didn't help her with her depreesion. Sad how people at school don't give their hand in need. Sad how she died.
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wow. thats crazy. kids these days know too much and take things seriously.
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| that's just sick |
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I think it's obvious it was a very well-known fact among that community that she had very significant mental problems which is why the neighbor(s) created the profile and did what they did. I don't buy their reasoning for the creation of "Josh"'s profile. I think they wanted to completely f*** around with her mental state because they figured it would be easy to rile her up. It's hard to prove that intent and even if it can be proven that they were aware of her mental problems, it would still be tough to charge them with anything.
Let me say that this is a really f***ed story.
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That's a really sad story, that's why it's not really funny to mess with people like that and play with their emotions and/or harass them, pretty lame. I feel bad for the girl of course, she obviously wasn't in right, depressed and stuff. Do I think the people responsible should face punishment? Eh, don't know about that, they said horrible things to her, but they didn't MAKE her kill herself. They're obviously cruel people, but not murderers.
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| Megan Meier hanged herself |
Shouldn't it be hung.
She must have been lonely if she clutched on an internet friend. Parents should of put the friend lock on if they were "monitoring" her.
Age has nothing to do with it. I would never have an e-girlfriend. Not now, not ever. And I would never gave a damn about what some "nobody" says about me. She was mentally weak and the world crushed her.
Is it even possible for a 13 year old to have depression? I was never depressed when I was 13 (but that's because beating meat released the chemicals or something and cause I was talking to the hunnies).
At least the girl didn't take kill anyone like that VTech idiot, or those two buttbuddy idiots. |
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| no it's hanged. |
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yea its up on mydeathspace.com
Holy crap its sad. I tried viewing her myspace but it was on private.
On that site there are a whole bunch of people who died and had accounts.
Some Really sad stuff,
and if you actually go on their pages, the comments brought a tear to my eye.
The most saddest one is where a 18 year old risked his life for two other teenagers, and three dogs. He died in the Fire. his mom logged on his page and wrote a very emotional comment.
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