Wikio - Suicide

49-Year-Old Mom Indicted In MySpace Teen Suicide Case (Switched)

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:33:32 GMT

Filed under: Computers , MySpace We've reported on a number of social network-related suicides lately, most happening in the small Welsh town of Brigend, where 17 kids have killed themselves in an effort to get recognition from their friends on the popular networking site Bebo . Today, though, we have a different sort of suicide and a different social network. In Los Angeles, California, 14-year-old...

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Explore : MySpace, Teen

Epic Loss For Internet Troll in MO as A Result of Teen's Suicide (ShoutWire.com)

Fri, 16 May 2008 23:26:40 GMT

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted a Missouri woman Thursday for her alleged role in a MySpace hoax on a teen neighbor who committed suicide after being spurned by the "boy" in the fake profile. Megan, 13, hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages, including one stating the world would be better off without her. (LOL!)

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Explore : Internet, Missouri, Technology, Teen

Senator demands exact numbers on vet suicides (Democratic Underground)

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:44:15 GMT

Source: [b]Army Times[/b] Senator demands exact numbers on vet suicides By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer Posted : Friday May 16, 2008 5:56:40 EDT After several hearings spent trying to learn the exact numbers of suicides among veterans, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee has formally reques...

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Mom Indicted in Teen's MySpace Suicide (Drudge Retort)

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:51:43 GMT

A Los Angeles federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman on Thursday over an alleged role in a MySpace online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis allegedly helped create a false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages, including one stating the world would...

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Explore : Feminism, Megan Meier, Missouri, MySpace, Teen

Taiwan suicides average one every two hours (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:57:05 GMT

Taipei - Taiwan's suicide rate fell in 2007, but still nearly 4,000 Taiwanese committed suicide last year, averaging one suicide every two hours, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. A total of 3,933 people killed themselves in 2007, averaging...

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Woman indicted over role in teen's suicide (Deseret Morning News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:05:32 GMT

A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.

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Missouri woman indicted in cyberbullying' that allegedly led to teen's suicide (kansascity.com)

Fri, 16 May 2008 05:02:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES | A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor, who committed suicide.

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Mo. woman indicted for role in MySpace teen's suicide (depression introspection)

Fri, 16 May 2008 04:07:59 GMT

I've got something to say about this but I don't know if I'll have time to get around to it before I leave for NY this weekend. I worked until after 7 tonight. Note to self: Don't sign up for...

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Explore : MySpace, Teen

Missouri woman indicted in MySpace teen's suicide (Orlando Sentinel)

Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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

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Explore : Missouri, MySpace, Technology, Teen

"B" is for Bully Update: Mom Indicted for MySpace Bullying Leading to Teen's Suicide (Settle It Now Negotiation Blog)

vpynchon@settlenow.com (Victoria Pynchon) — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:24:30 GMT

I've blogged several times about bullying, both here and over at the IP ADR Blog . We learned from Forbes.com today that federal prosecutors are seeking an indictment against the mom we wrote about here for her alleged role in an online hoax that caused a 13-year old girl to commit suicide. Here's the link with an excerpt below: Indictment sought in MySpace cyberbullying case . LOS ANGELES...

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Explore : MySpace, Teen

Indictment in MySpace teen suicide case (Sister Toldjah)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:51:28 GMT

Via AP: LOS ANGELES - 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 who committed suicide. Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis allegedly helped create a false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought she [...]

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Woman indicted in MySpace teen's suicide (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:37 GMT

LOS ANGELES -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman today 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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Iraqi jihadists use 8-year-old girl as suicide bomber :: Docstalk (Israelated - English Israel blogs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:45:45 GMT

The lovers of death achieve a new low. "Girl, 8, strapped with remote-controlled explosives and used as suicide bomber by Iraqi insurgents," from the Daily Mail, May 14 (thanks to John Doe): An eight-year-old girl was strapped with remote-controlled explosives and used as a human bomb by Iraqi insurgents in a blast that killed an Iraqi commander earlier today. An Iraqi captain was killed and...

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MySpace fraudster indicted in teen's suicide (The Register)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:33 GMT

Cyber-bully 2.0 A 49-year-old Missouri mother has been indicted for fraudulently using MySpace to "cyber-bully" a teenage girl who committed suicide after she was tricked into believing she was being dumped by her online boyfriend.…

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Alleged MySpace 'cyber-bully' indicted in teen's suicide (LA Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:34:00 GMT

A federal grand jury in L.A. accuses Missouri resident Lori Drew of hacking the social networking website to torment the girl into thinking she was being dumped by a boy. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles today indicted a woman of fraudulently using a MySpace.com account to "cyber-bully" a Missouri teenager who later hanged herself because she believed she was being rejected by a 16-year-old...

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Teen suicide bombers kill 11 in Iraq (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:10:11 GMT

Two suicide bombers described as teenagers carried out attacks Wednesday in suburban Baghdad, killing at least 11, as the prime minister went to the northern city of Mosul to encourage Iraqi soldiers fighting in a new offensive to rid that area of Sunni Islamic extremists.

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Suicide Statistics Worrisome (All Africa)

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:32:10 GMT

Most people would not want to die voluntary, yet more and more people especially young people are committing suicide in Namibia.

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The World's Happiest Nation (Common Sense and Wonder)

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:10:31 GMT

... love life more than any other people? As a simple index of life-preference, I plot the fertility rate versus the suicide rate of 35 industrial countries, that is, the proportion of people who choose to create new life against the proportion who choose to destroy their own. Israel stands alone, positioned in the upper-left-hand-quadrant, or life-loving, portion of the chart...

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Calif. Legislator Seeks Study Of Internet Violence, Access Limits (InformationWeek - All Stories)

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:31:18 GMT

Citing the suicide of a Missouri teen, a California murder, and the videotaped beating of a Florida teen after MySpace taunts and a YouTube "hit list," a California legislator wants sites to limit access by children and to fight violent, criminal, and inappropriate content. State Assemblyman Pedro Nava announced a resolution this week requesting that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...

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"16 May 2008: Morning" (The Morning News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:19:12 GMT

With California's legalization of same-sex marriage , an election issue was born--one on which all the candidates agree. Opponents of gay marriage cowboy up for November, citing fears of human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. Woman accused of driving teen to commit suicide is indicted on conspiracy, abuse via interstate commerce. Jewish vigilante group at odds...

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Wikio - Suicide

49-Year-Old Mom Indicted In MySpace Teen Suicide Case (Switched)

Epic Loss For Internet Troll in MO as A Result of Teen's Suicide (ShoutWire.com)

Senator demands exact numbers on vet suicides (Democratic Underground)

Mom Indicted in Teen's MySpace Suicide (Drudge Retort)

Taiwan suicides average one every two hours (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Woman indicted over role in teen's suicide (Deseret Morning News)

Missouri woman indicted in cyberbullying' that allegedly led to teen's suicide (kansascity.com)

Mo. woman indicted for role in MySpace teen's suicide (depression introspection)

Missouri woman indicted in MySpace teen's suicide (Orlando Sentinel)

"B" is for Bully Update: Mom Indicted for MySpace Bullying Leading to Teen's Suicide (Settle It Now Negotiation Blog)

Indictment in MySpace teen suicide case (Sister Toldjah)

Woman indicted in MySpace teen's suicide (Detroit Free Press)

Iraqi jihadists use 8-year-old girl as suicide bomber :: Docstalk (Israelated - English Israel blogs)

MySpace fraudster indicted in teen's suicide (The Register)

Alleged MySpace 'cyber-bully' indicted in teen's suicide (LA Times)

Teen suicide bombers kill 11 in Iraq (Deseret Morning News)

Suicide Statistics Worrisome (All Africa)

The World's Happiest Nation (Common Sense and Wonder)

Calif. Legislator Seeks Study Of Internet Violence, Access Limits (InformationWeek - All Stories)

"16 May 2008: Morning" (The Morning News)

Missouri woman indicted in cyberbullying' that allegedly led to teen's suicide (kansascity.com)