Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case

May 15th, 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
  • 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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