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Old 12-07-2007, 08:22 AM   #23 (permalink)
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This is a sad case,but the vigilantes sounds like no more than Klansmen,who turned on their own.
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Old 12-07-2007, 08:31 AM   #24 (permalink)
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well its nice to know her business is gone I dont know how much money he makes but who knows maybe they wont be able to pay for the house soon and she will be put out for that reason...either way I sure would want this woman anywhere around me.........I wonder how her kids feel about this whole thing
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:01 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Boy, I was horrified when I heard about this! But now, it's starting to sound like a virtual lynching. We don't know all the facts. If Drew really didn't know what Ashley (the teen assistant) was posting, then she actually is only guilty of very bad judgement in letting Ashley and her own daughter set up a fake identity. Stupid, yes, but murder? No.
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Old 12-08-2007, 11:14 PM   #26 (permalink)
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If Drew really didn't know what Ashley (the teen assistant) was posting, then she actually is only guilty of very bad judgement in letting Ashley and her own daughter set up a fake identity.

That is not the story she told the police before the enviroment became more hostile.

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According to a sheriff's department report, Lori Drew ( a mother of two in her 40s ) said "she wanted to 'just tell them' what she did to contribute to the Meiers' daughter's suicide." Drew told the officer that she, with the help of a temporary employee, "instigated and monitored" a fake profile prior to Megan's suicide, "for the sole purpose of communicating" with the girl.

"Drew stated that she, her daughter and [the employee] all typed, read and monitored the communication between the fake male profile and Megan," the report said.


Drew then told the officer that the account had been accessed by other people, "and Megan found out she had been duped."

You can not yell "FIRE" in a crowded movie theatre and a 40+ woman should not set up a mentally unstable CHILD in a fashion that was meant to be as crule as possiable.
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Old 12-15-2007, 11:39 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I want to know how two parents could be so cruel to another teenager. The mother used the excuse that she was seeing how this girl felt about her daughter. This women should take reponsiblity for her part in this young girls death. It was plain and simple stalking and harrasment to me. So why couldn't these people be charged with that. My heart goes out to this girls family. It isn't easy dealing with a family member commenting suicide. It is devastating.
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Old 12-15-2007, 11:46 PM   #28 (permalink)
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The fact it happened in my home state is outrageous to me

No what she did was NOT illegal and criminal charges can't be filed. :*(
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So why couldn't these people be charged with that.
because legally what she did wasn't a crime............but who knows maybe now they can change that because if there is one adult nuts enough to do this I bet there must be more
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Report: Feds probe Internet suicide

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena to MySpace.com in a probe stemming from the suicide of a Missouri teenager who received cruel messages on the networking site that turned out to be a hoax, a newspaper reported.

Federal prosecutors are considering charging a mother in the girl's neighborhood with defrauding MySpace by creating a false account that she, her daughter and a teenage employee used to fool 13-year-old Megan Meier into believing she was communicating with a 16-year-old boy, the Los Angeles Times said Tuesday on its Web site, citing unidentified sources.

It said its sources insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case.

Megan, of suburban St. Louis, hanged herself in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages from the fictional boy she had befriended online, including one saying the world would be better off without her.

The neighborhood woman, Lori Drew, has denied creating the account but acknowledged being aware of it. She also has denied sending any messages to Megan or being aware of the unkind messages.

Prosecutors in Missouri declined to charge anyone because no laws appeared to apply to the case.

A Missouri state panel formed by Gov. Matt Blunt after the suicide met for the final time Tuesday and said it would recommend making certain types of harassment a felony, such as if anyone 21 or older harasses people 17 and younger.

Several grand jury subpoenas issued last week included one to MySpace and others to witnesses, the Times reported.

Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, told the AP he could not comment on grand jury matters, which are secret.

Lori Drew's attorney Jim Briscoe told the AP that the Drews had not been subpoenaed, and that he did not know of anyone else who had received a subpoena.

"I do not know if it's true," he said of the report.

MySpace officials had no immediate comment.

Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Loyola University Law School, told The Associated Press that if the government convened a grand jury it would be trying to create a case in which MySpace would be the victim of a fraud — meaning the person who perpetrated the fraud could be prosecuted.

"The whole case is curious," she said, and could raise First Amendment issues of free speech.

The Times reported that its sources said federal prosecutors in Los Angeles believe they have jurisdiction because MySpace is based in Beverly Hills.
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I sure hope they are able to charge her with something
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Woman is indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case

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LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a MySpace online hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor girl who committed suicide

Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl.

Drew allegedly helped create a false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought she was chatting with a 16-year-old boy named "Josh Evans."

Megan hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages, including one stating the world would be better off without her.

Drew has denied creating the account and sending messages to Megan.

MySpace, a social networking site, is based in Beverly Hills. The indictment noted that computer servers are located in Los Angeles County.

Due to juvenile privacy rules, the indictment refers to the girl as M.T.M., the U.S. attorney's office said.

The conspiracy count carries a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Each count of accessing protected computers carries a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison.

Last month, 19-year-old Ashley Grills, an employee of Drew, told ABC's "Good Morning America" she created the false MySpace profile, but said Drew wrote some of the messages to Megan.

Grills also claimed Drew suggested talking to Megan via the Internet to find out what Megan was saying about her daughter, who was a former friend.

Grills also said she wrote the message to Megan about the world being a better place without her. The message was supposed to end the online relationship with "Josh" because Grills felt the joke had gone too far.

"I was trying to get her angry so she would leave him alone and I could get rid of the whole MySpace," Grills told the morning show.

Megan's death was investigated by Missouri authorities, but no state charges were filed.
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