Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case

May 15, 2008 By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

(AP) -- A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor girl who then committed suicide.

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PJS - May 15, 2008
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That lady needs to go to jail, permanently
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Sophos - May 16, 2008
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I dissagree

It was cruel sure but I don't believe the
woman intended to drive the teen to
suicide - That came from the environment
already in the household.
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