If you've been following this story,
you know it is devastatingly twisted. Megan Meier, a thirteen-year-old
girl, met a sixteen-year-old boy named Josh on MySpace. He told her she
was pretty and they had an online relationship. Then Josh abruptly told
her he didn't want to be her friend anymore because he heard she was
mean. He began posting bulletins: Megan is a slut. Megan is fat. Megan,
who took medication for depression and ADHD, went upstairs to her room
and hung herself. She died the next day.
Six weeks after Megan
died, her parents learned that Josh was not a real person--he was
created by the parents of a girl who lived down the street, a girl who
had once been Megan's friend.
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