I don't wholly blame the mother of the other girl in this case though. I believe the parents of the young girl who died were remiss in their duties as parents in that they did not monitor their child's activities on the internet. Combine that with the fact the child had a history of some sort of mental or emotional problems; depression I think it was, and it's easy to see the parents should have paid closer attention to what was going on with their daughter.
The mother who portrayed herself as a teen boy is pretty sick herself and needs some serious help herself.
It's very hard to believe you have or have had a teenage daughter in the internet age.
Its just bizzare. Was it a crime? Probably not.
She could be prosecuted for harassment at best.
This is where I am on it. The parents of the girl should have known more about what was going on. The 49-year-old is sick, but I don't think a murder charge is right. If this had been done with letters, or by phone, it would have probably brought a harassment charge, I think.
If the teenage girl was that susceptible, then she should have been monitored more closely, as almost anything could have set her off. To me, this is much like blaming murders on a video game.
She told Megan she would be all over this account, monitoring it. Megan didn't always make good choices because of her ADD, Tina says. And this time, Megan's page would be set to private and only Mom and Dad would have the password.
Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, was a rainy, bleak day. At school, Megan had handed out invitations to her upcoming birthday party and when she got home she asked her mother to log on to MySpace to see if Josh had responded.
Why did he suddenly think she was mean? Who had he been talking to?
Tina signed on. But she was in a hurry. She had to take her younger daughter, Allison, to the orthodontist.
Before Tina could get out the door it was clear Megan was upset. Josh still was sending troubling messages. And he apparently had shared some of Megan's messages with others.