Girl Commits Suicide after Myspace Hoax Options

[breakingdawn]

The parents of a 13-year-old Missouri girl who hanged herself after a failed MySpace romance — later uncovered as a hoax — say they have yet to receive an apology from the family they blame for their daughter’s death.
“They’ve absolutely offered no apologies,” Ron Meier told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer on Monday. “They sent us a letter in the mail, basically saying that they might feel a little bit of responsibility, but they don’t feel no guilt or remorse or anything for what they did.”

Rather, said Tina Meier, the people are upset with her for going public with their story. Last week, while shopping, she ran into the woman who invented the hoax, Tina Meier said.


“She asked me to stop doing all of this,” she told Lauer. “I told her that we would not stop, that we were going to continue for justice for Megan because we knew what they did.”

The Meiers’ daughter, Megan, hanged herself Oct. 16, 2006.

The Meiers have not named the people because they do not want to identify their teenage daughter, who had once been a friend of Megan’s.

After the two girls had a falling out, the mother invented a 16-year-old boy, “Josh Evans,” created a MySpace account for him, and made Megan believe he was new in town and thought she was cool.

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WTF? What kind of mother would ever do that?! Do you think the parents should press charges?

[breakingdawn]

^It clearly states numerous times that her parents read the messages and were aware that she was befriending this kid.

[1angel3]

^It clearly states numerous times that her parents read the messages and were aware that she was befriending this kid.

They shouldn't have let it get so serious. She shouldn't have been on myspace in the first place.

[breakingdawn]

They shouldn't have let it get so serious. She shouldn't have been on myspace in the first place.

Do you know how many underage kids are on Myspace? Lots.

[1angel3]

Do you know how many underage kids are on Myspace? Lots.

I know but that's not an excuse. Her parents should have check.

[breakingdawn]

I know but that's not an excuse. Her parents should have check.

Her parents DID check!

[1angel3]

Her parents DID check!

The terms and conditions? I don't think so, it didn't say so. I believe if her parents read the terms and condition, they wouldn't let her sign up on myspace. You have to be 14 years of age or older. She was too young.

"Megan, a girl who had battled attention deficit disorder, depression and a weight problem for much of her young life, believed him, despite her mother’s warnings to be cautious."

If their daughter battled attention deficit disorder, depression and a weight problem. Why would they let her on myspace? You have to be strong minded to deal with some people on myspace and the internet itself. She was young and naive. They killed her with words.

[StandardEdition]

The terms and conditions? I don't think so, it didn't say so. I believe if her parents read the terms and condition, they wouldn't let her sign up on myspace. You have to be 14 years of age or older. She was too young.

"Megan, a girl who had battled attention deficit disorder, depression and a weight problem for much of her young life, believed him, despite her mother’s warnings to be cautious."

If their daughter battled attention deficit disorder, depression and a weight problem. Why would they let her on myspace? You have to be strong minded to deal with some people on myspace and the internet itself. She was young and naive. They killed her with words.

I think [this is just my opinion] they let her have a myspace because they wanted her to have a regular life and now, online services like myspace are becoming a part of regular life. I think they thought they were safe enough to have their daughter give them her email and pasword just to check up but not to interfere with her life. Her mother warned her about him she should have listened. In the end its her fault.

How can your parent protect you from yourself?

[1angel3]

I think [this is just my opinion] they let her have a myspace because they wanted her to have a regular life and now, online services like myspace are becoming a part of regular life. I think they thought they were safe enough to have their daughter give them her email and pasword just to check up but not to interfere with her life. Her mother warned her about him she should have listened. In the end its her fault.

How can your parent protect you from yourself?

I agree and disagree. I disagree when you stated it was her fault. I think it her parents fault, why? Because she is only a child. Yes her mother warned her but she didn't do enough for me. Okay lets say her parents read the terms and conditions (which I doubt they did) and they allowed her to create an account anyway. I think they should only let her add and accept friends she knew personally.

When I made an account on myspace, even though I was old enough. My mom would sit with me and ask me about every person on my friends list, and she would ask me to tell her one fact about them that's not mention on their profile. Her mother could have done what my mother done.

Now what you said about myspace being people's regular life. I somewhat agree. The people that made the hoax was wrong and her parents was wrong on their part too. You can't blame it all on the people. I blame the parents more because they have the power as her parents to have prevented all this and they didn't handle the situation the right way and monitor her right, imo.