Do you think the adults involved with the fake myspace page that led to a 13-yr old taking her life be charged

Question

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gg5xCtQtLBF6vJqWXStItGEOsJfwD8SV6U680

A 13-yr old teen committed suicide after an imaginary friend named Josh started a smear campaign on myspace resulting in the depressed girl hanging herself...

Another parent, who learned of the MySpace account from her own daughter who had access to the Josh profile, told Megan's parents about the hoax in a counselor's office about six weeks after Megan died. That's when they learned Josh was imaginary, they said.

The woman who created the fake profile has not been charged with a crime. She allegedly told the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department she created Josh's profile because she wanted to gain Megan's confidence to know what Megan was saying about her own child online.

The mother from down the street told police that she, her daughter and another person all typed and monitored the communication between the fictitious boy and Megan.

Should the be charged?

What would you tell megan to stop her?

Answer 1

pathetic way for an adult to act really...

I think she should probably have to face some kind of accountability...

Answer 2

Myspace has nothing to do with the fact that she was cyber bullied. You can be cyber bullied on yahoo, goggle, or msn. So does that mean that the whole Internet should be shut down?..I think not. The only reason that t happens so often on Myspace is because it's all you hear about. There's always somebody saying something happened because of Myspace. 'Oh, my kids are too young.' 'There are predators" and stuff like that. Because Myspace is such a big website people pay more attention to it versus other websites. It's gonna happen regardless, so Myspace can't be blamed for the drama. [P.S. Besides the person who did it should get blamed because they should know better.]

Answer 3

omg that story made me cry! i think they should be charged but not for her death..for leading her on, yanno. i would tell megan that what other people think doesn't even matter and that she shouldnt care what some boy she doesnt even know thinks of her. then i'd pray for ehr

Answer 4

I'd like to know the psychotropic medication the kid was on. SRIs are known to be a factor in suicides with depressed teens.

Answer 5

yes. they were stupid ******* idiots for making a fake guys account. seriously, what perverted morons. it's completely outrageous. if anyone did that to me i'd be SO pissed.

Answer 6

no, her parents should have been looked into for not supervising her on line activities