Defense: Law stretched in MySpace suicide case

I live in Missouri and have been following this story from its beginning. What the news stories conveniently leave out is the fact that the mom and dad watched as their daughter, who was suicidal and on depression meds, storm in the house and head to her room without checking on her.

They left her alone for almost half an hour. When they finally checked on her it was too late.

Then mommy dearest waited over a year, until after the story had died down, to start her crusade.

What the other adults did was illegal and damaging, but in my opinion mom and dad are also responsible for not watching an obviously suicidal child close enough.

Why take the blame when you can lay it on someone else.

I am so sick of seeing this woman in the news!

I live in Missouri and have been following this story from its beginning. What the news stories conveniently leave out is the fact that the mom and dad watched as their daughter, who was suicidal and on depression meds, storm in the house obviously upset and head to her room without checking on her.

They left her alone for almost half an hour. When they finally checked on her it was too late.

Then mommy dearest waited over a year, until after the story had died down, to start her crusade.

What the other adults did was illegal and damaging, but in my opinion mom and dad are also responsible for not watching an obviously suicidal child close enough.

Why take the blame when you can lay it on someone else.

Me thinks the lady doth protest to loudly!

Conspiracy to incite suicide. I don't know how that adds up in the books as a crime, but I would have to say that bullying in whatever form could be considered a form of assault or harassment, which legal action can result from.

Cases like this show how behind the times our legislative system is. By the time an event occurs there's no law in place to govern it, so we spend several years batting around trying to figure out what to do with it, letting it get ruled on and overturned from court to court. Not an effective method of enforcement.

Anyway, if the woman did intentionally aid in the incitement of the child's death then she deserves punishment. Even if you don't shoot somebody, letting them bleed to death while you watch is a crime. Pushing someone over the edge is tantamount to that.

If you was in this woman shoes and had a child that killed herself because a grown woman was trying to get even with her, you would do the same thing as well. That woman has been through a lot and who are we to judge how she want to put a stop to bullying. That woman knew what she was doing and she was wrong in hurting that child. This is a mother that is in pain, if your child committed suicide because of what a grown woman has done you would of done the same as she did. No matter how long she waited, she is in pain. It is very hard to lose a child because I have lost a child as well and it is a hurtful thing.

We need less people like Megan Meier in the world.

+1 for awesome, Lori Drew.

The adults who were responsible should be punished, beyond a doubt.

However...

The girl had serious mental problems to begin with.

In earlier reports, she supposedly killed herself because her myspace boyfriend had broken up with her.
A boy she had only known on-line for three weeks and had never met in person due to the fact that he wasn't real.

You don't suicide over someone you've only known three weeks and never met.

Now, most reports say that she was upset because someone told her "the world would be better without you", and "you should go kill yourself".

Why the change in reporting? It makes for a better story.

Her daughter was also being harassed at school by her peers, yet no mention is made of that fact.

She also waited a year before starting her crusade. I've yet to hear a clear reason as to why.

The bottom line is this:

The mother knew the bullying was going on. Why not try to put a stop to it before something happened?

The mother suspected the identity of the perpetrators. Why not go over there with a shot gun?

The mom was also supposed to be monitoring the girl's Internet usage, but wasn't. Why?

The mother also left her suicidal daughter alone when she knew she was in distress. Again why?

If my child was being cyber-bullied, I'd cut the wires until I figured out what was going on.

If my child was suicidal and came home in obvious distress, I wouldn't leave them alone for over half an hour.

Mommy is not only dealing with the loss of her child, she is dealing with feelings of guilt, and she's doing so by trying to pass laws that will have no no net effect and trying to sue anyone she can.

In my opinion, that's not the best way to honor her daughter's memory.

If she REALLY wants to make a difference, she needs to host seminars on what to do if your child is being cyber-bullied, or how to supervise and deal with a suicidal child.

Here's a fact of life for you Mommy.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE IGNORANT PEOPLE WHO BULLY OTHERS!

You cannot pass a law to change that.

When this all began I really felt sorry for this woman. But as time goes by and she keeps making an A** of herself at every opportunity I feel less and less sympathy for this woman.

Whether or not the child was mentally distressed or ill is an minor point and should not even come into discussion. The issue is that this grown woman created a fake profile in MySpace and then proceeded to bully this child until she felt she had no one to help her. She was driven to suicide by an adult that knew she was weak. Where is the remorse from the woman that did this to the child? I have heard not one thing from her saying she is so sorry. Or even taking responsibility for what she had done. What kind of world are we in now that all of you folks that have commented have sliced and diced this story until you are blue in the face and I don't see any compassion in any of these comments. Her mom has every right to pursue this in court. She lost her child. That is painful enough and no one should have to experience that. It happens for many different reasons, but I would hate to learn that an adult woman drove my child to suicide. I have to ask Why?

What that woman did was wrong plain and simple. The fact is she is far worse than her daughter was because she is an adult and supposed to be a role model , not an instigator. It is extremely painful and embarrasing to constantly be picked on,especially for a child that has issues already. Who says the mother did nothing to stop any of the bullying or even knew about most of it.What she did was cruel and viscious just to satisfy a whiny teenager that felt like she was done wrong.She should be ashamed of herself and be asking how would i feel if my child killed herself over something like this?Punish her as harshly as possible.