The name and address of Lori Drew is out, even directions are being published. She's the woman who posed as a 16-year old boy, and allegedly caused Megan Meier to commit suicide.
(SALEM, Ore.) - One of the most shocking stories about MySpace revealed so far is the suicidal saga of a little girl who was tricked by a neighbor's mom into thinking she was communicating with a boy in her age group.
This is Lori DrewCourtesy: Cruel JusticeThe boy named Josh Evans who claimed to be a 16-year old in Florida, was actually an adult neighbor named Lori Drew who was posing as the boy.
Drew didn't work alone; a male employee of her company, and her daughter were all involved in duping the unsuspecting teen into thinking “Josh Evans” was real.
When "Josh Evans" started to communicate with Megan, an average 13-year old suffering from depression and attention deficit disorder, she was elated. He told her he liked her, gave her positive reinforcement. That MySpace relationship lasted about a month.
That is when the impostor posing as "Josh" ended the budding friendship, going so far as to tell Megan that she was a bad person. Soon posts began appearing on MySpace claiming that "Megan Meier is a slut" and "Megan Meier is fat."
Her father Ron Meier said he tried to reassure her that everything would work out. Twenty minutes later, her parents found her dead. That night, October 16th 2006, Megan hanged herself in her bedroom closet.
Ron Meier says he found a MySpace message the next day from the woman posing as "Josh", telling her she was a bad person and the world would be better without her.
At first, parents Tina and Ron Meier, asked other neighbors not to discuss what had happened, they were waiting for the police to take action, something that never did happen. As it turns out, there is no law against being cruel and immature. And, local newspapers in St. Charles Missouri refused to identify the Drew family, saying they were protecting their teenage daughter.
So as the press in this state on the Mason Dixon line protects the woman who caused the little girl to hang herself, Internet bloggers have taken on Megan's cause, with an outburst of what many are calling "virtual vigilantism."
Parents of the girl Tina and Ron Meier and Internet bloggerswant justice for 13-year old Megan MeierNow the name and address of Lori Drew and her family on Waterford Crystal Drive in St. Charles is out, even directions are being published, and The Los Angeles Times reports that dozens of concerned people have apparently been calling local businesses that work with the Drew family's company, an advertising print shop.
The bloggers have exposed more than just the Drews' home address; they have included phone numbers, email addresses and photographs that have also been posted on blogs such as RottenNeighbor.com and hitsusa.com.
Some sources report that people are driving through the once tranquil upscale neighborhood at night, screaming, "Murderer" at the residents of the house. The Drews, have now installed security cameras on the roof of their house.
Mrs Meier did state that she does not believe that Drew or anyone else involved actually intended for her daughter to kill herself, but both of Megan's parents want the Drews to be prosecuted, and they want to see changes to the law that safeguard children on the internet from cyber-bullying, which is a growing phenomena on MySpace and other places on the Web. The parents of this girl hope they have to potential to bring about this change as part of a nationwide movement.
"But when adults are involved and continue to screw with a 13-year-old, with or without mental problems, it is absolutely vile," she stated on hitsusa.com.
Now mounting pressure has police cars patrolling Waterford Crystal Drive and prosecutors say they are trying to reopen the case.
-----------------------------------------------------------The Video below, courtesy of CNN and YouTube, features Megan's parents Tina and Ron Meier, talking about the tragic loss of their daughter:
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