Mom should have known better
Posted
May 15, 2008 at
9:37 pm by
Allison J
I know that hindsight can be 20/20, but this is just tragic event that was fully unavoidable.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — A Missouri mom was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in the death of a teen who killed herself over a failed Internet romance that turned out to be a hoax.
A federal indictment accuses Lori Drew, 49, of O’Fallon, Missouri, of using the social networking Web site MySpace.com to pose as a 16-year-old boy and feign romantic interest in the girl.
The girl, Megan Meier, committed suicide after her online love interest spurned her, according to prosecutors, telling her the world would be a better place without her.
Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.
The indictment, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accuses Drew and others of registering on MySpace as “Josh Evans” and using the account to lure Meier into an an online romance.
Authorities have previously said that Drew set up the account to find out what Meier, who lived in her neighborhood, was saying about her daughter.
Prosecutors allege that Drew and the others violated MySpace’s terms of service by using false information to create the account so they could “harass, abuse or harm” Meier, according to the indictment.
The two corresponded for about four weeks before “Josh” broke off the relationship, authorities said. Within an hour, Meier hanged herself in her room and died the next day.
I get wanting to protect your child, especially in the MySpace and FaceBook age. I applaud setting up accounts to keep a watchful eye over internet social networking. But just how delusional do you have to be pull a stunt like that?
Tags: facebook, internet-bullying, lori-drew, megan-meier, myspace, myspace-hoax-leads-to-suicide |
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1. Rita said:
May 16, 2008 @ 8:14 am
I know, I read about this shortly after it happened. It just makes me sick that there are people as fucked up as the woman who did this. It is so horrible.
2. Grandma frm Ks. said:
May 16, 2008 @ 9:33 am
20 years in prison? that is nothing, she should never see day light again. Oh my gosh , kids do this stuff, I did’nt think grown women did this, well of course if in their right mind, no I take that back even most sane kids don’t do this. But you heard, theres nothing or no one worse than a woman out for revenge. Rita ITA, she is one messed up woman!!
3. Sarah R said:
May 16, 2008 @ 10:11 am
I say its about time something was done about it!!!!
I agree with you grandma!!
4. Tracy said:
May 16, 2008 @ 10:32 am
I just saw this while I had my morning coffee. I was really disturbed, what kind of woman…what kind of PARENT would do that to a little girl? Sometimes I want to move to the woods, and just keep Paige safe from all the awful shit that goes on.
5. Grandma frm Ks. said:
May 16, 2008 @ 10:42 am
Tracy, you would probably be safer in the woods from the four legged animals there, than ppl who claim to be human, Animals are better at parenting than some humans.
6. Tracy said:
May 16, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
[quote comment="163991"]Tracy, you would probably be safer in the woods from the four legged animals there, than ppl who claim to be human, Animals are better at parenting than some humans.[/quote]
I agree!
7. Kymberly Foster Seabolt said:
May 16, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
Serious, SERIOUS boundary issues.
I think we can all understand that “mama bear” moment when someone has hurt our child and we vow REVENGE. That said, once the emotional fog clears, we are supposed to remember that we are the adults here and act accordingly. Not open MySpace accounts to torment young teens into suicide.
This is unconscionable and I cannot imagine her defense. Was she hoping that something constructive would come of this?
This woman has serious issues. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to find out she’s had over-the-top reaction to other things in her life.
8. Kristy said:
May 16, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
I heard about this a while back. And that the parents of the girl would see the other parents at the store after they filed charges and the perpetrator couple would be like “Why are you doing this to us?” Those people are sick and evil and I hope that woman gets every bad thing that’s coming to her.
9. Grandma frm Ks. said:
May 16, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
Girls did you listen to the Tele/T.V. interview with the girls mother, it is so sad, it breaks my heart, the two of them had words and the girl ran off to her bedroom, the father found her later, hanging. There is nothing they can do to that woman that did this that is enough, what is worse not only is she an adult, but a mother, Kimberly I agree with you I think they will find that , that woman has other issues as well. I only hope they don’t try for insanity, I am so sick of ppl getting off for being crazy, sure they are, so what ? lock em’ up forever anyway.
10. julymom said:
May 16, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
This actually happened about 30 minutes from where I live so it’s been on the local news for a long time. The woman was horrible. 20 years is certainly not long enough for what she did.