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Submission + - Adults' Phony MySpace Page Leads to Teen Suicide

Nakanai_de writes: In Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, a 13-year old girl committed suicide after her neighbors impersonated a boy on MySpace, feigned romantic interest in her, and then began making abusive comments. While kids are bullied on MySpace every day, in this case, the bullies were adults. Furthermore, even though their behavior led to the suicide of the teen, no charges are being filed: "We did not have a charge to fit it," McGuire [the Sheriff's Dept. spokesman] says. "I don't know that anybody can sit down and say, 'This is why this young girl took her life.'" The Associated Press has more sordid details.

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