All I know is a precious little girl was lost to this world.
I'm offended by the sympathetic tone offered to the Drews in this piece.
I don't think legal action should be taken, but public pressure is in order!
They are monsters, and should be ostracized!
MSM pushes it for so many other groups, then why not?
But never, NEVER should violence be used!
"Web hoax probed after girl's suicide; Residents turn against neighbor linked to ruse" by Associated Press December 9, 2007
DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. - Waterford Crystal Drive is one of those suburban streets that seem so new as to have no history at all. But the suicide of a teenage girl - and allegations that she had been tormented by a neighbor over the Internet - have brought a reaction that is old and almost tribal in its nature.
Residents of the middle-class subdivision have turned against the neighbor, Lori Drew, and her family, demanding that the Drews move out. In interviews, they have warned darkly that someone might be tempted to "take matters into their own hands."
Trever Buckles, 40, who lives next door to the Drews:
"It's like they used to do in the 1700s and 1800s. If you wronged a community, you were basically shunned. That's basically what happened to her."
Drew became an outcast after she admitted inventing Josh Evans, a good-looking teenage boy who chatted online with 13-year-old Megan Meier. Megan received cruel messages from Josh that apparently drove her to hang herself in her closet in 2006.
Through her lawyer, Drew, a mother of two, has denied saying hurtful things to the girl over the Internet, and prosecutors have said they found no grounds for charges against the woman. Nevertheless, the community reaction has been vengeful and the pressure on the Drews intense.
More than 100 residents gathered in front of their home on a recent evening, holding candles and reciting stories about Megan.
Last December, after neighbors learned of the Internet hoax, someone threw a brick through a window in the Drew home. A few weeks ago, someone made a prank call to police reporting that there had been a shooting inside the Drews' house, prompting squad cars to arrive with sirens flashing.
Someone recently obtained the password to change the Drews' outgoing cellphone recording, and replaced it with a disturbing message. Police would not detail the content.
Clients have fled from Drew's home-based advertising business, so she had to close it. Neighbors have not seen Drew outside her home in weeks.
Death threats and ugly insults have been hurled at Drew over the Internet, where she has been portrayed as a monster who should go to prison, lose custody of her children, or worse.
Well, if the SHOE FITS...
Her name and address have been posted online, and a website with satellite images of the home said the Drews should "rot in hell."
And? What's wrong with that, considering WHAT THEY DID!
What's wrong, don't like your own medicine, murderers?
Shouldn't this fall under the HATE CRIME legislation?
The Drews - Lori, husband Curt, and two children - live in a one-story ranch. An older man at the house who described himself as a relative said Lori Drew would not comment, and would not say the family planned to move.
Ron and Tina Meier's home is four houses away from the Drews. The sidewalk is curved, so the neighbors cannot see each other from their front doors. The breach between the once-friendly families seems beyond repair.
Tina Meier: "I think that what they have done is so despicable, that I think it absolutely disgusts people."
And outrages them -- like me!
The Drews used to fit in just fine, said John McIntyre, who described Lori Drew as an intensely social woman who never hesitated to stop and talk. She and Curt came over to McIntyre's home to look at his glassed-in porch because they were thinking of adding their own, he said.
McIntyre fondly remembered another guest - Megan. She came to baby-sit McIntyre's 4-year-old daughter, Genna, and arrived with a clipboard and notes, determined to do the job right. He said the activity was good for Megan, who suffered from depression for years.
I don't like the skew of the article, as if this troubled little girl was solely to blame for such invective hurled at her on the web.
Does anyone take responsibility for anything, anymore?
Apologize? Say I'm sorry?
McIntyre: "She was a good kid."
Yes, a lovely, beautiful little girl who is now gone because of such cruelty!
Sob!
Megan became friends with the Drews' young daughter and the girls remained close for years, according to a report provided by prosecutors. But the girls had a falling-out in 2006. Lori Drew and an employee, referred to only as a teenager named Ashley in the report, created a fake MySpace page so they could monitor what Megan was saying online about Drew's daughter, the report said.
Ashley sent Megan most of the messages from "Josh," and Lori Drew was aware of them, prosecutors said. On Oct. 16, 2006, there was a heated online exchange between Megan and Ashley, who was posing as Josh. It ended when Josh said the world would be better off without Megan.
Tina Meier said her daughter went to her room, crying and upset. About 20 minutes later, she was found hanging from a belt tied around her neck.
Jim Briscoe, Drew's lawyer, on NBC Tuesday:
"[Drew] absolutely, 100 percent [had nothing to do with the negative comments posted online about Megan, and wasn't aware of them until after the girl took her life]."
What is that stench?
It smells like LIE!
Also see:
Why I Don't Allow Comments or Chats
With These Kind of Friends, Who Needs Chat Rooms?
Who Will Pay For A Young Girl's Death?
