On A Serious Note (We Seem To Be Getting A Lot These Recently, Haven't We?)

Last year, nearly eleven months to the day, a 13 year old girl committed suicide. Sadly, not an rare occurance. But the events of this one have many up in arms.

Young Megan met Josh on MySpace. And they hit it off. They chatted for about six weeks. Then he told her that he had heard she was mean and ended.

Megan, who was being treated fo depression, ended her short life the following day.

Here's the twist: Josh? He never existed. His account was a fake.

Created my the mother of one of Megan's friends.

Her excuse? She claims she only did to see what Megan said about her child. Full details, here:

http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/11/10/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt

"Josh?" Nothing will happen to her. There's no real criminal case against her. The worst the law can do to her is find her responsible in civil court.

And maybe that's enough. Now that this has all come out, I can''t imagine she'll have much of a happy life.

I might as well tell you; I'd rather you hear it from me. The family of "Josh" has been out. You can find there address online. I urge NOT to contact them. I'm sure the people who outed them, intended for people to send hate mail, but the release of that kind of inforamation could endanger there lives. It only takes one nut with a gun, or a bomb, or anthrax.

Good night, everyone, and good luck.

The Night Stalker