For this, I have to channel, in my own meager way, a Bitch.
Or maybe some Dark Willow.
You think the suburbs are idyllic? Believe me, as someone who grew up in them, those places are fucked up from the flo’ up. Jhames (DBA “Long-Distance Soul Assistance; see “Frankie“) pointed me to this article, which led me to this story in one of our local suburban papers: A real person, a real death.
Blink.
There’s lots more:
MySpace Cruel Prank Leads to Teen’s Suicide
Pause. Consider. Continue.
That last one includes information on how to contact the adults responsible for the suicide of Megan Meier, although the St. Charles Journal “decided not to name the family out of consideration for their teenage daughter.”
Shit. Are you fucking kidding me?
The most appalling thing? Those adults are not being charged with any crime—even though the mother is quoted in the police report saying “she did not feel ‘as guilty’ because at the funeral she found out ‘Megan had tried to commit suicide before.’”
I hope the Meiers find some measure of peace eventually. They are getting a divorce as a result of the trauma they’ve been through and the guilt that Megan’s mother feels over her daughter’s death. If you ask me, that guilt is misplaced, and it should find a home down the street on Waterford Crystal Drive in Dardenne Prairie.
Although it wouldn’t surprise me if someone runs the Drew family out on a rail before that guilt has time to get comfortable.
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November 15, 2007 at 5:08 am
I saw Jhames’ mention of it over on Facebook several minutes ago and read the article. Part of me is stunned beyond words on the complete and utter stupidity, lack of judgment, and immaturity of people who are supposedly ADULTS with kids of THEIR OWN and another part of me isn’t surprized that people like them exist. Damned shame and my their God have pity on their miserable souls.
November 15, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Where did I put that Satan Pit?……hmm.
If there is a Hell, the Drew Family is about to experience some of it very soon, I think.
November 15, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Y’know, when Dark Willow tried to end the world that one time, it wasn’t her intentions that one had such a problem with; it was the fact that she couldn’t selectively target the cataclysmic annihilation at certain Stepford-based hellmouths across freedom’s land and bravery’s home, and leave the rest of us with that good, clean feeling we so desperately crave.
November 15, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I can only imagine the shit storm that is about to erupt in that neighborhood. I just hope the collateral damage won’t be just as awful.
November 16, 2007 at 11:59 am
I read some of these articles at least a few days ago, if not more. As it sunk in, it just helped me realize how some people trick themselves into believing that what they’re doing isn’t wrong. Trying to protect your own daughter by destroying someone else’s is like burning down your neighbors house as a fire-break for your own. It might seem like a good idea, but reasonable adults should know better. Lock ‘em up! That’s what I say … or string ‘em up. Either way, they should be out of society for a while, until they can admit how badly they screwed up.
November 16, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Pathological liars usually feel no guilt about their actions. If I was that girl’s mother I would destroy that couple.
November 18, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Consolidated information. Let ‘em know how you feel.
This space used to contain information including phone numbers for contacting the family in question. While it is tempting to let loose with your anger at them directly, it’s important to remember that harassing phone calls or e-mails are punishable offenses. The Post-Dispatch also had an article on them, according to a friend of mine, and I’d encourage all who are interested to post about it on their own blogs or write a letter to the editor. Rest assured karma gets us all in the end, and it will come calling on them eventually too.
November 18, 2007 at 4:48 pm
In a word, woah.
November 18, 2007 at 9:21 pm
They were on Weekend Today! Not the evil parents but the victim’s mother and father.
They are trying to get the law changed so that what these monsters did will be considered illegal and I’ve got to back them on that.
Shame, shame and double shame!
November 20, 2007 at 5:00 pm
*Rolls eye*
November 20, 2007 at 7:08 pm
We have added Lori Drew to our list of ONLINE PREDATORS. Our hearts go out to the Meier Family.
Lori & Curt – drop your lawsuit against the Meiers if you want to make amends. Lori, you belong in prison and your daughter needs immediate counseling.
1 Foosball Table – REPLACEABLE
1 Megan Meier – IRREPLACEABLE
DO THE MATH!
http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com/2007/11/myspace-hoax-victims-family-seeks.html
November 22, 2007 at 1:06 am
This is a dreadful story.
December 3, 2007 at 1:02 am
On Wednesday, October 21st, city officials wasted no time enacting an ordinance designed to address the public outcry for justice in the Megan Meier tragedy. The six member Board of Aldermen made Internet harassment a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail.
Does this new law provide any justice for Megan? Does this law provide equitable relief for a future victim?
The Vice rejects the premise of this new law and believes it completely misses the mark. Classifying this case as a harassment issue completely fails to address the most serious aspects of the methods Lori Drew employed to lead this youth to her demise. The Vice disagrees that harassment was even a factor in this case until just a couple of days before Megan’s death.
Considering this case a harassment issue is incorrect because during the 5 weeks Lori Drew baited and groomed her victim, the attention was NOT unwanted attention. Megan participated in the conversations willingly because she was misled, lured, manipulated and exploited without her knowledge.
This law willfully sets a precedent that future child exploiters and predators might use to reclassify their cases as harassment cases. In effect, the law enacted to give Megan justice, may make her even more vulnerable. So long as the child victim doesn’t tell the predator to stop, even a harassment charge may not stick with the right circumstances and a good defender.
Every aspect of this case follows the same procedural requirement used to convict a Child Predator. A child was manipulated by an adult. A child was engaged in sexually explicit conversation (as acknowledged by Lori Drew herself). An adult imposed her will on a child by misleading her, using a profile designed to sexually or intimately attract the 13 year old Megan.
Lori then utilized the power she had gained over this child to cause significant distress and endangerment to that child. She even stipulated to many of these activities in the police report she filed shortly after Megan’s death.
City officials who continue to ignore this viable, documented admission and continue to address this issue as harassment are intentionally burying their heads in the sand, when the solution is staring them right in the face. Why?
There are several other child exploitation laws on the books. To date, none of them have even been considered by City, State and Federal officials in this case. The Vice is outraged that a motion was never even filed, so that the case could at least be argued before a judge or jury.
Danny Vice
http://weeklyvice.blogspot.com