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dv8grl · 11-17-2007, 11:23 PM

I was reading about Megan last night on mydeathspace.com (THANKS SHANN FOR ADDICTING ME) ~ then today yahoo had this news article about her. Its so tragic what that family did to her & her family. How can adults behave in such a way?, and not even care? its a sad sad world.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/...SeoIsybUpvzwcF

Quote:

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........

http://www.mydeathspace.com/article/...cyber_bullying

Megan Meier (13) hung herself in her closet after becoming the victim of cyber-bullying

Quote:

His name was Josh Evans. He was 16 years old. And he was hot.
"Mom! Mom! Mom! Look at him!" Tina Meier recalls her daughter saying.
Josh had contacted Megan Meier through her MySpace page and wanted to be added as a friend.
Yes, he's cute, Tina Meier told her daughter. "Do you know who he is?"
"No, but look at him! He's hot! Please, please, can I add him?"......