Missouri Teen Commits Suicide After MySpace Hoax

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Posted: 11:31 AM Nov 20, 2007 Missouri Teen Commits Suicide After MySpace Hoax A Missouri mother says there ought to be a law against the kind of cruel Internet hoax that led her daughter to commit suicide.

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri mother says there ought to be a law against the kind of cruel Internet hoax that led her daughter to commit suicide.

Thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hanged herself after receiving mean messages on the social networking Web site MySpace. She died the next day.

Her parents later found out that their daughter had been communicating online with a woman who was pretending to be a 16-year-old boy. The woman apparently did it to find out what Megan was saying about her own daughter.

Authorities couldn't find a crime to charge her with.

Now Megan's family wants to make it illegal for adults to misrepresent themselves to children online, and make it illegal to harass or bully online.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 9, 2008 at 02:01 PM

Hang the woman! What the heck is a 50 year old woman doing in the business of her daughter? what a psycho! Who cares who is saying what! Grow up!
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Posted by: jannie Location: Rockwood on Jan 5, 2008 at 11:26 PM

I think that they should charge her with murder after all it was her fault the young girl done that. If her daughter was so concern about what they was saying about her why didnt she asked her self.
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Posted by: Aurora Location: Tampa FL on Nov 29, 2007 at 08:34 AM

Re: Missouri Teen: The woman should go to prison for committing murder. She should be shunned from all restaurants, stores, etc. in her town.
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