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The investigation in 13-year-old
Megan Meyer’s 2006 suicide case has not reached its end. A federal jury in Los
Angeles has taken up the job of figuring out who is responsible for drawing the
teenager to commit suicide and has begun issuing subpoenas, sources told the Los
Angeles Times.
What initially appeared to be a
girl meets boy on MySpace, girl gets rejected and commits suicide, transformed
into a controversial story as investigation revealed the boy was actually the
mom of one of Megan’s former friends. Lori Drew was accused of creating a fake
MySpace identity under the name of “Josh Evans”, a 16 year old boy, making
friends and later harassing Megan not long before she committed suicide.
An investigation has been
undergoing for over a year now, but prosecutors have not managed to press any
charges in Lori Drew’s case, as her role in the hoax did not break any criminal
law. However, the prosecutors are working on determining whether Lori Drew committed
an Internet fraud by taking on a fake MySpace identity.
On October 15, 2006, the
so-called 16 year-old teenager Josh Evans turned against Megan, sending her
negative comments, and ending with a harsh message: “The world would be a
better place without you.” According to a police report, Megan later hanged herself
in her bedroom closet.
In the meantime, after initially
verbally admitting to having monitored the MySpace account, Jim Briscoe, Drew’s
lawyer said his client has not sent messages from the MySpace account: “Contrary
to statements reported in various news media around the nation in recent weeks,
Lori Drew did not create or direct anyone to create the Josh Evans MySpace
account. Although she was aware of the account, Lori drew never sent any
messages to Megan or to anyone else using this MySpace account.”
With an ongoing investigation
and possible charges against her, Lori Drew faces not only the arm of the law,
but also the anger and harassment of neighbors and friends of the 13 year-old
teenager, after her address and phone number have been made public on the Internet.
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