Example Case Study: Megan Meier
Megan Meier was a 13-year-old girl who was bullied in school and had some self-esteem issues, so she was elated when she was contacted by a boy named Josh Evans on MySpace. She and Josh exchanged many flirtatious messages for a couple of weeks and suddenly, Josh's attitude changed. He started sending mean, aggressive messages to Megan and she responded right back. One of the last messages Josh sent said, "The world would be a better place without you." Crestfallen, Megan responded, "You're the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over." Minutes later, Megan was found dead, having hung herself in her closet.
Months later, a neighbor informed the Meier family that another neighbor had created a MySpace account and posed as the teenage boy named Josh Evans so that she could communicate with Megan to learn why Megan was fighting with her daughter. An employee of the neighbor and her daughter are also believed to have participated with the fake account as well.
Months later, a neighbor informed the Meier family that another neighbor had created a MySpace account and posed as the teenage boy named Josh Evans so that she could communicate with Megan to learn why Megan was fighting with her daughter. An employee of the neighbor and her daughter are also believed to have participated with the fake account as well.
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